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Articles and presentations

Published written materials, presentations, exhibitions and media apperances


Published articles and books

Sharon Choa, 'Rejuvenating Britten: A first report on the production of a web-based thematic catalogue of Britten's works', Brio 44/1 (Spring/Summer 2007), 25-33. 

Lucy Walker, ‘How a child's mind works: assessing the ‘value' of Britten's juvenilia', Notes 64/4 (June 2008), 641-658

___'The Britten Thematic Catalogue: an Introduction to the Online Resource', Fontes Artis Musicae 56/2 (Apr-Jun 2009), 138-149.

___(ed), Benjamin Britten: New Perspectives on his Life and Music   (Boydell & Brewer, 2009, ISBN: 9781843835165.)

Jonathan Manton, 'Documenting young Britten: An overview of the cataloguing and technical solutions developed during the first phase of the Britten Thematic Catalogue Project', Brio 46/2 (Autumn/Winter 2009), 25-36.

___'Some quite nice little tunes: an overview of the preparation and recording of 'incipits' for the Britten Thematic Catalogue', Notes 67/2 ( Dec 2010), 249-262.

 

Conference papers and presentations (Thematic Catalogue and other)

2007

Lucy Walker, Project Report, IAML (UK) Study weekend, Cirencester (May 2007)

Lucy Walker, 'Recording Early Britten', RMA/CHARM Conference, Royal Holloway (September 2007)
 

2008

Lucy Walker/Jonathan Manton/Richard Lewis, 'Britten Thematic Catalogue', Britten Study Day, University of East Anglia (April 2008)

Sharon Choa, conducting performance of Britten juvenilia at the Britten Study Day (details as above)

Jonathan Manton, Project Report, IAML (UK) Study weekend, Canterbury (April 2008)

Lucy Walker, Poster Session, IAML Annual Conference, Naples (July 2008)
 

2009

Sharon Choa and Lucy Walker, pre-performance seminar, Canticles Weekend (January 2009)

Jonathan Manton, Project Presentation, IAML (UK) Study weekend, Edinburgh (April 2009)

Lucy Walker, 'Recording early Britten: preparation, performance, and "premières"', IAML Annual Conference, Amsterdam (July 2009)

Lucy Walker, 'Young Britten', series of 4 lectures in collaboration with Pro Corda, Aldeburgh Church (July-August 2009)
 

2010

Lucy Walker,  'Opera at Sea', Glyndebourne Study Day (May 2010)

Lucy Walker, pre-performance talk, Billy Budd, Glyndebourne (May 2010)

Lucy Walker, 'Britten translated: The presence of Tiresias in A midsummer night's dream', 'Britten in Context' conference, Liverpool Hope University (June 2010)

Jonathan Manton, Lightning Talk, NEMLA Fall Meeting, University of Connecticut, USA (October 2010)

Jonathan Manton, Introduction to the Britten Thematic Catalogue, BAML Fall Meeting, Boston University, USA (November 2010)

Lucy Walker, 'Sampling Britten', Institute of Advanced Musical Studies, King's College, London (December 2010)

2011

Lucy Walker, 'Sampling Britten', Department of Music, Edinburgh (February 2011)

Jonathan Manton, Poster Session, MLA annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA (February 2011)

Jonathan Manton,  Britten Thematic Catalogue - Recent Developments, NEMLA Fall Meeting, Norfolk CT (October 2011)

Jonathan Manton, "Many thanks for the long weekend": Britten in America 1939 - 1942, Boston Athenaeum, USA (December 2011)


2012

Jonathan Manton, Britten Thematic Catalogue, Yale University's Standing Committee on Professional Awareness (SCOPA), Yale University, CT, USA (April 2012) 

Jonathan Manton, Poster Session, IAML annual meeting, Montreal, Canada (July 2012)

Jonathan Manton, "Some quite nice little tunes": Investigating Britten's Juvenilia, 2012 NABMSA Biennial Conference, University of Illinois, IL, USA (July 2012)

 

Exhibitions

'Young Britten', exhibition at The Red House, Jun-Oct 2009
 
 

Media appearances (Thematic Catalogue and other)

Lucy Walker/Kevin Gosling, discussing 'Young Britten' exhibition, Radio Suffolk, 9 July 2009

Lucy Walker, 'Escape to the Country', discussing juvenilia, BBC 2, 30 November 2009

Lucy Walker/Caroling Harding, on 'For Peter' exhibition, 'Music Matters', BBC Radio 3,  19 June 2010

Lucy Walker, on 'For Peter' exhibition, Radio Suffolk.