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Britten 100 - Stay in the Moment

Graeme Kay

Producer, Speech and Classical Digital Hub, BBC Audio

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A tricky manoeuvre for the BBC SO truck at Snape Maltings

Well, the microphones and cables have been stowed away, the equipment loaded, the last truck has executed the tight turns and left Snape Maltings, and Radio 3's presenters and their producers should be home by now. Not to mention the hundreds of musicians and audience members who have made their way to Snape, to Aldeburgh, to Southwold and to Lowestoft to make the Britten Centenary Weekend such an enlightening and absorbing celebration of the life and music of Benjamin Britten.

But we're not quite done yet: in a Britten 100 coda, you can hear a performance of the Church Parable, The Prodigal Son - recorded in Orford Church during the 2013 Aldeburgh Festival - on Radio 3 at 2pm on Monday 25 November. James Gilchrist leads the cast of this Mahogany Opera production as The Tempter, and the performamce is conducted by Roger Vignoles.

And you can enjoy all the broadcasts, and large collections of music, photos, interviews and podcasts from the Centenary Weekend, here on the Radio 3 website. We'll be adding to the collections in the coming days, so do please revisit the Britten 100 page to find out what's new.

You can also find scroll back through the days as they unfolded and read listeners' comments and photos that were shared on the Live Blog:

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