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Britten 100. Highlights from Radio 3’s Britten centenary weekend in Aldeburgh with special features, interviews and on location reports recorded in Suffolk.

BBC Radio 3


    • Nov 24, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 12m AVG DURATION
    • 17 EPISODES


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    Britten at Home: Britten's Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2013 5:13


    Games with the Rostropoviches, and a controversial version of Happy Families

    Britten at Home: Britten's Clothes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2013 5:27


    Britten’s understated elegance, and Willie Winkie nightgowns

    Britten at Home: Britten's Food

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2013 5:34


    Mrs Hudson’s Sunday roasts, and Britten’s liking for a pre-concert Brandy

    Britten's Suffolk: Aldeburgh

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2013 5:57


    Louise Fryer walks around Britten’s Aldeburgh

    Britten at Home: Britten's Cars

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2013 5:44


    A passion for big cars, and memories of a road race from Aldeburgh to Snape

    Britten's Suffolk: Churches

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2013 6:10


    Louise Fryer visits important churches to Britten in Aldeburgh, Blythburgh and Oxford

    Murray Perahia interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2013 19:06


    Murray Perahia (who was coached by Britten himself) talks to Suzy Klein in a wide ranging interview.

    Singing for Britten

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2013 42:45


    John Bridcut explores Britten's creative relationship with amateur singers.

    Britten's Suffolk: Childhood Places

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2013 6:51


    Louise Fryer visits Lowestoft and Gresham’s School

    Britten at Home: Britten's Pets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2013 5:34


    The dachshunds loved by Britten and Pears, and Red House resident Johnnie the Parrot

    Britten's Suffolk: The Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2013 4:56


    Louise Fryer boards an historic fishing boat known to Britten as a child

    Britten's Suffolk: Red House

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2013 6:08


    Louise Fryer views the Aldeburgh house that Britten and Pears called

    Marion Thorpe interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2013 16:33


    Marion Thorpe was a close friend of Britten's for more than 30 years until his death in 1976. Interviewed here by Tom Service.

    Britten's Suffolk: Snape Maltings

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2013 5:58


    Snape Maltings – Louise Fryer wanders around Britten’s music centre amongst the reeds

    Britten at Home: Britten's Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2013 5:35


    Britten’s Sports – Lethal tennis playing, and skinny dipping in the Red House swimming pool

    Britten’s People

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2013 56:31


    Benjamin Britten’s legacy to the people who knew him, lived alongside him and to the county that inspired him.

    Michael Berkeley interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2013 5:40


    Suzy Klein interviews Britten's godson on In Tune.

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