More than 100,000 children across the world will sing Benjamin Britten’s Friday Afternoons to celebrate the composer’s centenary.
According to reports, over 600 choirs from Melbourne and California as well as the UK will take part in the performance to mark Britten’s birthday.
The event is part of a weekend-long celebration of the composer at the Aldeburgh festival which Britten helped set up. If still alive, the revered composer would have been 100 years old today (22 November).
Jonathan Reekie, chief executive of Aldeburgh Music, told the Guardian: ‘It's caught fire in a way we'd never have imagined. The Arts Council gave us more backing to roll it out nationally. The British Council helped spread the word internationally, and it went viral.’
Friday Afternoons is a set of 12 songs composed by Benjamin Britten between 1933 and 1935.
The songs are dedicated to Britten's brother Robert and the students of Clive House preparatory school in Prestatyn, Wales, where Robert Britten was a schoolmaster.
Visit the www.brittenaldeburgh.co.uk for more info on the celebrations.
According to reports, over 600 choirs from Melbourne and California as well as the UK will take part in the performance to mark Britten’s birthday.
The event is part of a weekend-long celebration of the composer at the Aldeburgh festival which Britten helped set up. If still alive, the revered composer would have been 100 years old today (22 November).
Jonathan Reekie, chief executive of Aldeburgh Music, told the Guardian: ‘It's caught fire in a way we'd never have imagined. The Arts Council gave us more backing to roll it out nationally. The British Council helped spread the word internationally, and it went viral.’
Friday Afternoons is a set of 12 songs composed by Benjamin Britten between 1933 and 1935.
The songs are dedicated to Britten's brother Robert and the students of Clive House preparatory school in Prestatyn, Wales, where Robert Britten was a schoolmaster.
Visit the www.brittenaldeburgh.co.uk for more info on the celebrations.
