Benjamin Britten

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra plays baroque and baroque-inspired music at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland.  Audio

In a programme celebrating the high-quality releases on the Nonesuch label, William Dart focuses on a new album from Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman) and Nico Muhly, in which the world of Balinese… Video, Audio

Poets and composers were not exempt from military service in WWI and were called up along with everyone else. Inevitably they turned to their craft to attempt to express and come to terms with their… Audio, Gallery

Peter Hoar looks at Benjamin Britten's choice and use of texts. Audio

Performed by the NZSO National Youth Orchestra in Auckland Town Hall, 15 July 2017. Audio

What if …? John Drummond explores critical moments in the history of Western music when things might well have turned out very differently. Crossing the Atlantic in 1942 meant dodging U-boats… Audio

In this personal portrait of Benjamin Britten, recorded in 1981, John Amis reflects on how different Britten's output might have been had he never met his lifelong partner, tenor Peter Pears, for whom… Audio

The War Requiem premiered in 1962 at the opening of the new Coventry Cathedral built alongside the ruins of the bombed out medieval one. Britten's chosen texts and searing music make a powerful… Audio

Presented by Jon Tolansky Audio

Presented by Jon Tolansky Audio