BENJAMIN BRITTEN IN REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE

Britten: Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments & Strings, Op. 60 with Peter Pears, tenor, & the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra. This program provides a look at Britten’s skills as an interpreter of his own music, and in collaboration with Peter Pears, the tenor for whom he wrote most of his vocal music. Bonus segments feature Britten in a 1968 interview for Canadian television, and Pears singing two Elizabethan songs with Julian Bream, lute. 1962, 74 min. (including bonus segments.)

Genre: Orchestral
Catalogue #: 4277
Label: Vai
#CDs: 1
Format: DVD