Programme of a 1931 recital given in Lowestoft, including the premiere of two choral songs by Britten
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In 1930, at the age of just 16, Britten won an open scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London. He continued to play and perform in Suffolk. Two early works - A Hymn to the Virgin and I Saw Three Ships - were premiered in Lowestoft the following January by the town’s Musical Society.
REF: PG/1931/0105
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