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For Peter: a centenary celebration

For Peter: a centenary celebration

This year's intimate and moving exhibition at The Red House explores the life and loves of Peter Pears.

Library News

For Peter: a centenary celebration

This year's intimate and moving exhibition at The Red House explores the life and loves of Peter Pears.

Rosamund Strode

We are sad to report that Rosamund Strode, Britten's music assistant and founding archivist at The Red House, has died aged 82.

New perspectives on Britten

A new volume of essays brings together recent research on Britten, much of it based on the extensive archive collections at The Red House.

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Britten in the News

New additions to Chester Music's Britten catalogue

Chester Music Ltd has acquired exclusive worldwide rights in a number of Britten works, including the Simple Symphony and A Boy was Born.

Britten's last work now published

Britten's setting of Praise We Great Men is now available in published form.

Journals of a journeying boy

The recently-published diaries kept by Britten for over ten years log a remarkable journey from gifted schoolboy to international acclaim.

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Performance News

Billy Budd at Glyndebourne

Tickets are going fast for the first ever production of Billy Budd at Glyndebourne.

The Habit of Art

On 22 April the National Theatre is broadcasting The Habit of Art, Alan Bennett's play about Britten and Auden, to cinemas worldwide.

The Turn of the Screw returns to La Fenice

The Turn of the Screw returns to its original venue in a new production for 2010.

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