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Britten Behind the Scenes

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Benjamin Britten on the set of Peter Grimes

Benjamin Britten backstage while rehearsing Peter Grimes for a 1969 BBC TV production

  • Benjamin Britten dances with Marion Harewood at the Opera Ball, 1951.
  • Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears with the Prince and Princess of Hesse and the Rhine in Bali, Indonesia, January 1956.
  • Benjamin Britten holding his dog Clytie in The Red House garden, Aldeburgh, late 1950s
  • Benjamin Britten playing tennis
  • Benjamin Britten (front left) at Greshams School in 1929
  • Benjamin Britten's Conscientious Objectors Certificate from 1943
  • 1958 - Benjamin Britten at work in new studio at The Red House
  • Rehearsing Peter Grimes
  • Fisherman in Lowestoft, Suffolk, 1952
  • Janet Baker as Kate Julian on the set of Owen Wingrave
  • Fishing boat on Aldeburgh beach
  • Rehearsing Peter Grimes
  • Benjamin Britten in 1938
  • Owen Wingrave Rehearsals
  • Benjamin Britten on the set of Peter Grimes

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  • Britten 100

    Programmes featuring music and discussion to mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten.

    BBC Radio 3

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