Britten's Complete Works

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Stage works, Choral, Solo Vocal, Music for the Radio, Orchestral, Instrumental, Music for Film, Arrangements

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Orchestral Works

1 - Sinfonietta - chamber orchestra - 1932
f.p. 31 January 1933 - Macnaghten-Lemare Concert
4 - Simple Symphony - strings - 1934
f.p. 6 March 1934 - conducted by Benjamin Britten - Norwich
9 - Soirées musicales (after Rossini) - - 1936
10 - Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge - strings - 1937
f.p. 27 August 1937 - Boyd Neel String Orchestra - Salzburg
12 - Mont Juic (after Catalan dances) with Lennox Berkeley - - 1937
f.p. 8 January 1938 - BBC Broadcast
13 - Piano concerto - - 1938 rev. 1945
f.p. 18 August 1938 - Benjamin Britten, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Henry Wood - Queen's Hall, London (revised version - 1945 - Benjamin Britten - Cheltenham Festival)
15 - Violin concerto - - 1939 rev. 1958
f.p. 28 March 1940 - Antonio Brosa, New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli - Carnegie Hall, New York
16 - Young Apollo - piano and strings - 1939
f.p. 2 August 1939 - Benjamin Britten, Orchestra, Alexander Chuhaldin - Toronto
19 - Canadian Carnival (Kermesse canadienne) - - 1939
f.p. 6 June 1940 - Bristol BBC
20 - Sinfonia da Requiem - - 1940
f.p. 30 March 1941 - New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli - Carnegie Hall, New York
21 - Diversions - piano left hand and orchestra - 1940 rev. 1954
f.p. 16 January 1942 - Paul Wittgenstein, Philadelphia Orchestra - Philadelphia
24 - Matinées musicales (after Rossini) - - 1941
26 - Scottish Ballad - 2 pianos and orchestra - 1941
f.p. 28 November 1941 - Cincinnati
27 - An American Overture - - 1941
f.p. 8 November 1983 - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle - Birmingham Town Hall
29 - Prelude and Fugue - 18 strings - 1943
f.p. 23 June 1943 - London
~ - Movement for clarinet and orchestra - - 1943
f.p. 7 March 1990 - Michael Collins, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Tamas Vasary
33a - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - - 1944
f.p. 13 June 1945 - Cheltenham
33b - Passacaglia from Peter Grimes - - 1944
f.p. 13 June 1945 - Cheltenham
34 - Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra) - - 1946
f.p. 15 October 1946 - Liverpool
38 - Occasional Overture - - 1946
f.p. 29 September 1946 - BBC Radio "Third Programme"
~ - Men of Goodwill - - 1947
f.p. - 1947 - London Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr - BBC Radio
48a - Lachrymae - viola and strings - 1976
f.p. 3 May 1977 - Cecil Aronowitz - Recklinghausen
53a - Symphonic Suite "Gloriana" - Tenor/oboe and orchestra - 1954
f.p. 23 September 1954 - Birmingham
57a - Pas de six from The Prince of the Pagodas - - 1957
68 - Cello Symphony - cello and orchestra - 1963
f.p. 12 March 1964 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Orchestra, Benjamin Britten - Moscow
79 - The Building of the House - SATB/organ/brass and orchestra (Psalm 127) - 1967
f.p. 2 June 1967 - Chorus of East Anglian Choirs, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten - Snape Maltings
90 - Suite on English Folk Tunes "A Time There Was" - chamber orchestra - (1966) 1974
f.p. 13 June 1975 - English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford - Snape Maltings (Hankin Booby - f.p. 1 March 1967 - Queen Elizabeth Hall)

Instrumental

~ - String quartet in F - - 1928
f.p. 21 November 1995 - Sorrel Quartet - BBC Radio 3
~ - Rhapsody - string quartet - 1929
f.p. 6 November 1985 - Alexandra Quartet - Royal Northern College of Music
~ - Movement for Wind Sextet - - 1930
f.p. 11 June 1993 - Haffner Wind Ensemble - Aldeburgh Parish Church
~ - Three Character Pieces - piano - 1930
f.p. 28 July 1989 - Sarah Briggs - Chester Summer Music Festival
~ - Elegy - viola - 1930
f.p. 22 June 1984 - Nobuko Imai - Snape Maltings
~ - Reflection - viola, piano - 1930
f.p. 28 November 1995 - Philip Dukes, Sophia Rahman - BBC Radio 3
~ - Quartettino - string quartet - 1930
f.p. 23 May 1983 - Arditti Quartet - Barbican Hall, London
~ - String quartet in D - - 1931 (1974)
f.p. 7 June 1975 - Gabrieli String Quartet - Snape Maltings
~ - Twelve variations on a theme - piano - 1931
f.p. 22 June 1986 - Murray Perahia - Snape Maltings
~ - Phantasy in f minor - string quintet - 1932
f.p. 22 July 1932 - Royal College Music
2 - Phantasy - oboe quartet - 1932
f.p. 5 April 1934 - Florence
~ - Alla Marcia - string quartet - 1933
f.p. 26 February 1933 - Antonio Brosa, Ethel Bridge, Frank Bridge, Bernard Richards - Bridges' house, Friston, Sussex
5 - Holiday Diary - piano - 1934
f.p. 30 November 1934 - Holiday Tales - Betty Humby - Wigmore Hall, London
6 - Suite - violin, piano - 1935
f.p. 13 March 1936 - broadcast Antonio Brosa, Benjamin Britten (27 January 1936 - London)
~ - Two Insect Pieces - oboe, piano - 1935
f.p. 7 March 1979 - Janet Craxton, Margot Wright - Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
~ - Three Divertimenti from Alla Quartetto Serioso: "Go play, boy, play" - string quartet - 1933 (1936)
f.p. 25 February 1936 - Stratton String Quartet - Wigmore Hall, London (3 movements of Alla Quartetto Serioso performed 11 December 1933 at a Macnaghten-Lemare Concert)
~ - Temporal Variations - oboe, piano - 1936
f.p. 12 June 1936 - Natalie Caine, Adolph Hallis - Wigmore Hall, London
~ - Two Lullabies - 2 pianos - 1936
f.p. 22 June 1988 - Peter Frankl, Tamas Vasary - Snape Maltings (19 March 1936 - Adolph Hallis, Benjamin Britten?)
~ - Russian Funeral - brass, percussion - 1936
f.p. 8 March 1936
~ - Reveille - violin, piano - 1937
f.p. - 1937 - Antonio Brosa, Franz Reizenstein - Wigmore Hall, London
23/1 - Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca - 2 pianos - 1940
f.p. - 1941 - New York
~ - Sonatina romantica - piano - 1940
f.p. 16 June 1983 - George Benjamin - Aldeburgh Festival
23/2 - Mazurka elegiaca - 2 pianos - 1941
f.p. - 1941 - New York
25 - String quartet number 1 - - 1941
f.p. 21 September 1941 - Los Angeles (28 April 1943 - London)
36 - String quartet number 2 - - 1945
f.p. 21 November 1945 - Zorian String Quartet - Wigmore Hall, London
~ - Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria - organ - 1946
f.p. 21 September 1946 - Northampton
48 - Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Dowland - viola, piano - 1950
f.p. 20 June 1950 - William Primrose, Benjamin Britten - Aldeburgh
49 - Six Metamorphoses after Ovid - oboe - 1951
f.p. - 1951 - Joy Boughton - Aldeburgh Festival (14 June 1951 - Thorpress)
~ - Morris Dance from Gloriana - 2 descant recorders -
~ - Alpine Suite - recorder trio - 1955
~ - Scherzo - recorder quartet - 1955
~ - Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury - 3 trumpets - 1959
65 - Sonata - cello, piano - 1961
f.p. 7 July 1961 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Benjamin Britten - Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
~ - Night Piece - piano (composed for first Leeds International Piano Competition) - 1963
f.p. - 1963 - Leeds International Piano Competition - Leeds
70 - Nocturnal after John Dowland - guitar - 1963
f.p. 12 June 1964 - Julian Bream - Aldeburgh
72 - Suite number 1 - cello - 1964
f.p. 27 June 1965 - Mstislav Rostropovich - Aldeburgh
73 - Gemini Variations - flute, violin, piano four hands [2-4 players] - 1965
f.p. 19 June 1965 - Zoltàn and Gàbor Jeney - Aldeburgh
80 - Suite number 2 - cello - 1967
f.p. 17 June 1968 - Mstislav Rostropovich - Aldeburgh
83 - Suite - harp - 1969
f.p. 24 June 1969 - Osian Ellis - Aldeburgh
~ - Five Walztes (sic) - piano - 1925 (1969)
87 - Suite number 3 - cello - 1972
f.p. 21 December 1974 - Mstislav Rostropovich - Aldeburgh
94 - String quartet number 3 - - 1975
f.p. 19 December 1976 - Amadeus Quartet - Snape Maltings
~ - Tema 'Sacher' - cello - 1976
f.p. 2 May 1976 - Mstislav Rostropovich - Tonhalle, Zurich

Music for Film

~ - Telegrams - - 1935
~ - Men Behind the Meters - - 1935
~ - How the Dial Works - - 1938
~ - Conquering Space - - 1935
~ - The Savings Bank - - 1935
~ - The King's Stamp - - 1935
~ - Coal Face - - 1935
~ - The Way to the Sea - - 1936
~ - Night Mail - The Internet Movie Database - 1936
~ - Peace of Britain - - 1936
~ - Around the Village Green - - 1936
~ - Love from a Stranger - Trafalgar Films The Internet Movie Database - 1937
~ - The Instruments of the Orchestra - - 1945

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