A Study of Art 1: Benjamin Britten
Discover more about the poet and the composer at the centre of Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art .
These extended Platforms (A Study of Art 1: Benjamin Britten and A Study of Art 2: W H Auden on Sat 27 February) combine analysis of their work and discussion to offer a deeper understanding of their life, creative output and artistic legacy.
With
Phyllida Lloyd, director of the Opera North production of Peter Grimes and the BBC/Opera North Gloriana
Colin Matthews, composer and Music Director of the Britten-Pears Foundation
Philip Reed, Literary Director and Head of Publications at ENO, and editor of The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten 1952-1957 and The Travel Diaries of Peter Pears
soprano Geraldine McGreevy, accompanied by Chris Gould
and treble Laurence Belcher, accompanied by Matthew Scott
Chaired by Genista McIntosh
A Study of Art 1: Benjamin Britten is supported by the Britten-Pears Foundation.
Running time 2hrs
Tickets £10
A Study of Art 1: Benjamin Britten finished on: 20 February 2010
