Aldeburgh

British

/ ˈɔːlbərə /

noun

a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop: 2654 (2001)

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Aldeburgh Scallop sculptor Maggi Hambling was one of their pupils.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025

Filmed at Snape Maltings near Aldeburgh, the afternoon tea party was accompanied by a live band and attended by more than 100 people.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

In two sold-out nights of meaty, early-20th-century orchestral works at the Aldeburgh Festival in June, the Sinfonia produced two dazzlingly colorful performances, underpinned by a ravishing, at times eccentrically exuberant string sound.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Benjamin Britten, among Britain’s greatest 20th-century composers, reportedly left at the intermission of the 1968 premiere of Mr. Birtwistle’s chamber opera “Punch and Judy” at Britten’s own Aldeburgh Festival.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022

"Talking to Lady Aldeburgh," said Joan; and the Squire asked her what she was doing.

From The Eldest Son by Marshall, Archibald

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