Programme
Continuum's Britten and Beyond marks fifty years since the death of Benjamin Britten. New commissions from Ben Parry and Joanna Forbes L'Estrange (two of the country's leading choral composers) sit alongside Britten's most iconic works, including A Hymn to the Virgin and A Hymn to St Cecilia, creating a direct musical conversation across generations. The programme traces the lineage that shaped Britten's own voice, from Purcell to the early twentieth-century sound worlds of Frank Bridge and John Ireland. It also acknowledges the European modernists whose innovations opened new possibilities for Britten, and celebrates composers rooted in the Aldeburgh tradition. The result is a programme that not only honours Britten's legacy but actively renews it, offering forward momentum rather than a simple retrospective.
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