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Radio 3,4 mins

Britten’s Games – Games with the Rostropoviches, and a controversial version of Happy Families

Britten 100

Available for over a year

A series of 6 short features giving an insight into Benjamin Britten’s private life and interests, with personal memories from Sally Schweizer (nee Welford) & Sebastian Welford (children of Britten’s sister Beth), Alan Britten (son of Britten’s brother Robert), Susan Phipps (Peter Pears’ niece, and Britten and Pears’ agent) and Heather Grant (housekeeper at the Red House)

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