Lorsqu’en 1945, Benjamin Britten crée son premier opéra, Peter Grimes, pour la réouverture du Sadler’s Wells à Londres, le succès est éclatant. En s’inspirant d’un poème de George Crabbe, le compositeur britannique faisait plus que mettre en musique le texte d’un compatriote : il marquait le renouveau de l’opéra anglais, presque disparu après Purcell. Si les superbes interludes orchestraux et le lyrisme affirmé donnent à l’œuvre une apparence classique, le sujet se révèle terriblement troublant. Qui est Peter Grimes, cet homme en butte à l’hostilité de son village, ce pêcheur du Suffolk dont un apprenti trouve la mort en pleine mer ? Un meurtrier ou un innocent ? un bourreau d’enfant ou une victime des préjugés ? un anti‑héros ou un poète ? Familière de Britten, Deborah Warner, invitée pour la première fois à l’Opéra de Paris, préserve le mystère de ce personnage fascinant tout en insistant sur le conflit entre le groupe et l’individu – un thème particulièrement actuel.

Peter Grimes (saison 22/23) - Ensembles

Peter Grimes (saison 22/23)

Muzyka mistrzów, 18 kwietnia 2023 r., prowadzi ks. Paweł Kowal

Muzyka Mistrzów - Benjamin Britten - Wariacje i fuga na temat Purcella

Benjamin Britten - The Rape of Lucretia
Acte II - Lucretia's death
Hélène Fauchère - Contralto
Jeff Cohen - Piano
Christophe Hauser - Prise de son
Sébastien Brohier - Photographie
"To love as we loved was to be never but as moiety"
"Now there is no sea deep enough to drown my shame"
"Our love was to rare for life to tolerate... for me this shame, for you this sorrow."

Britten Lucretia To Love As We Loved ... Washes My Shame Away.

Paul  Etheredge's Album

Tony Conrad [original instrumental]

Hồ Chí Minh [original instrumental]

Le Cirque [original instrumental]

"The Rape of Lucretia" is a Chamber Opera written by Benjamin Britten in 1946, the libretto was written by Ronald Duncan.

Piano accompaniment by Helen Roberts

The legendary rape of Roman noblewoman Lucretia by Tarquin, king of Rome, and her subsequent suicide are credited as inspiring the revolt against the Tarquin family by Lucius Junius Brutus which led to the founding of the Roman Republic.

Find the opera's synopsis here: https://www.opera-arias.com/britten/the-rape-of-lucretia/synopsis/

artwork by David Hodgson - "The Rape of Lucretia" - 2017

Within This Frail Crucible Of Light (The Rape Of Lucretia - Benjamin Britten)

An orchestration of Britten's "The Birds" for soprano, harp and string orchestra
Copyright 1935, Boosey and Co. Ltd.

poem:

When Jesus Christ was four years old, 
The angels brought Him toys of gold, 
Which no man ever had bought or sold. 

And yet with these he would not play. 
He made Him small fowl out of clay, 
And bless'd them till they flew away: 
"Tu creasti, Domine". 

Jesus Christ, Thou child so wise, 
Bless mine hands and fill mine eyes, 
And bring my soul to Paradise.

BRITTEN/BRANTLEY: The Birds (demo of orchestration)

Movement form a "simple symphony" for strings by Benjamin Britten, the themes are form his childhood

Playful Pizzicato!

Benjamin Britten: I accept their verdict (Captain Vere, Billy Budd)

Lee David Bowen - Tenor
Michael Pollock - Accompanist

Benjamin Britten: I accept their verdict (Captain Vere, Billy Budd)

Welsh-born opera singer, tenor, known for his vivid stage presence, compelling character work, and strong theatrical instinct. Typical roles for him include Herod, Mime, Dr Caius, and Aegisth — roles demanding both vocal clarity and dramatic commitment.

Bringing energy, imagination, and attention to detail to every role, he is particularly drawn to characters with intensity, comic edge, or psychological complexity.

More at: https://www.leedavidbowentenor.com

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I'm a singer, well you figured that out by yourself if you listened to my music....
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In recent years Paul Brantley’s compositions have been performed or commissioned by The Knights (at Tanglewood, BRIC, Dumbarton Oaks and Naumburg Concerts), Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, Horszowski Trio, Flux Quartet, New Esterházy Quartet, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus (on tour), Monadnock Music Festival, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, St. Bartholomew's Summer Festival of Sacred Music, The Young People’s Chorus of NYC, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas (NYC’s Town Hall), Left Bank Ensemble (Kennedy Center), Ethel (Kimmel Center), Excelsior Trombone Ensemble (NPR’s Performance Today), The Goliard Ensemble on tour, The Manhattan School of Music Symphony, Belladonna (Schubert Club, St. Paul, MN), L’Opera du Village (Pourrieres, France), SONYC (the Kitchen), and as featured composer on these various series: Bargemusic, Ecstatic Music (Merkin Hall), The Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society, HVG, North River, MOSA and Concerts in the Heights. 

His cello concertino, The Royal Revolver, was premiered in December 2017 by cellist Eric Jacobsen (The Knights, Silk Road Project) and members of The University of Michigan Symphony conducted by Kenneth Kiesler. The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra will give 25th anniversary performances of On the Pulse of Morning this May, with Abigail Fischer, soprano, Spring 2021. It was recently announced that Brantley is one of three winners of the Aliénor Composition Competition sponsored by the Historical Keyboard Association of North America to compose a new full-length piece for solo harpsichord. Boyd Meets Girl recently gave the premiere of Filles de l’Elysee which will featured on their forthcoming CD.

Paul is a six-time MacDowell Colony Fellow who has also received fellowships from Banff Centre and Anderson Center. Brantley has been composer-in-residence for Monadnock Music Festival, Gabriel Fauré Conservatoire (Angoulême, France), Goliard Ensemble, Yara Arts Group, The Seal Bay Festival, Children’s Choral Celebration, Sewanee Music Festival, Washington and Lee University, and the Sophia Institute at Union Theological Seminary in NYC. He has given composition seminars at Yale School of Music, Hunter College (Anthropology Dept.), and The University of Michigan School of Music.

Multifaceted musician, Brantley has performed or recorded as solo cellist with Trey Anastasio (Phish), Cantata Profana, CITH, Cassatt Quartet, Jeff Coffin Mutet, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Dave Gregory (XTC), Heartbeat Opera, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Lenny White, and SONYC. Brantley has arranged and conducted for David Binney, Ethel, Todd Rundgren, and Christian Scott.

Paul studied at Manhattan School of Music (B.M), Curtis Institute (diploma), Eastman School of Music (M.M.) as well as Fontainebleau, Tanglewood, and The Yellow Barn where he was later artist faculty. His principal teachers include Samuel Adler, Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Eicher, Alan Harris, David Loeb, Ned Rorem, and David Wells.

He co-founded the Seal Bay Festival of American Music and was artist faculty at Yellow Barn Music Festival for many years. In addition to positions at Syracuse University and Washington and Lee University, Brantley was a Manhattan School of Music faculty member from 2000 to 2014.

Paul Brantley currently resides in New York City where he free-lances as a composer, cellist, and conductor. His music is published by Bill Holab Music and Oxford University Press. He has recorded solo cello for Sony/Columbia, Rounder, Warner Bros., Polydor, Compass, and others.

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