Britten
Americannoun
noun
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The project is being supported by a Creative Health Residency by Britten Pears Arts in Suffolk.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025
The Süddeutsche Zeitung of Munich wrote of her performance in Benjamin Britten’s “The War Requiem” that “What Britten expects of a woman’s voice can only be achieved by a singer of Margaret Tynes’s caliber.”
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024
Their performance helped Britten win two Grammy Awards, but the members were never listed in the credits.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023
He, Dawes said, “fits in the same category as Benjamin Britten and Henry Purcell as one of the best setters of text from any composer in England.”
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023
He looked at Bigger, then back to Britten.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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