A series of BBC broadcasts, live performances and films will make up a new season of programming dedicated to classical composer Benjamin Britten.
Highlights of the season include the world television premiere of Aldeburgh Music’s Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh beach on Sunday 24 May on BBC4. This acclaimed open-air opera performance was commissioned for Benjamin Britten’s 2013 centenary.
The opera featured a recorded track made by the Britten-Pears Orchestra, with Steuart Bedford conducting the performance from a pit dug out of the pebbles in front of the stage on Aldeburgh beach.
BBC Four will also give audiences another chance to watch Britten On Camera on Sunday 31 May which includes footage from the BBC archive of Britten at work.
Jan Younghusband, BBC head of Music Television Commissioning, said: ‘Benjamin Britten worked regularly with the BBC, he loved the idea of TV and specially created pieces for TV and film.
‘He would, I am sure, have been delighted to see this beautiful film of his masterpiece, Peter Grimes, with the wind and the waves adding a whole new naturalistic dimension to the story, opera sung live in the open air!’
BBC Radio 3 will continue their partnership with Aldeburgh Music through a range of live concerts starting on 5 June with a live lunchtime concert for the inaugural BBC Music Day featuring young musicians.
Visit bbc.co.uk/music to find out more.
Highlights of the season include the world television premiere of Aldeburgh Music’s Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh beach on Sunday 24 May on BBC4. This acclaimed open-air opera performance was commissioned for Benjamin Britten’s 2013 centenary.
The opera featured a recorded track made by the Britten-Pears Orchestra, with Steuart Bedford conducting the performance from a pit dug out of the pebbles in front of the stage on Aldeburgh beach.
BBC Four will also give audiences another chance to watch Britten On Camera on Sunday 31 May which includes footage from the BBC archive of Britten at work.
Jan Younghusband, BBC head of Music Television Commissioning, said: ‘Benjamin Britten worked regularly with the BBC, he loved the idea of TV and specially created pieces for TV and film.
‘He would, I am sure, have been delighted to see this beautiful film of his masterpiece, Peter Grimes, with the wind and the waves adding a whole new naturalistic dimension to the story, opera sung live in the open air!’
BBC Radio 3 will continue their partnership with Aldeburgh Music through a range of live concerts starting on 5 June with a live lunchtime concert for the inaugural BBC Music Day featuring young musicians.
Visit bbc.co.uk/music to find out more.
