Britten 100 Podcast
Britten 100. Highlights from Radio 3鈥檚 Britten centenary weekend in Aldeburgh with special features, interviews and on location reports recorded in Suffolk.
Episodes to download
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Britten at Home: Britten's Games
Sun 24 Nov 2013
Games with the Rostropoviches, and a controversial version of Happy Families
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Britten at Home: Britten's Food
Sun 24 Nov 2013
Mrs Hudson鈥檚 Sunday roasts, and Britten鈥檚 liking for a pre-concert Brandy
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Britten at Home: Britten's Clothes
Sat 23 Nov 2013
Britten鈥檚 understated elegance, and Willie Winkie nightgowns
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Britten at Home: Britten's Pets
Sat 23 Nov 2013
The dachshunds loved by Britten and Pears, and Red House resident Johnnie the Parrot
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Britten's Suffolk: Childhood Places
Sat 23 Nov 2013
Louise Fryer visits Lowestoft and Gresham鈥檚 School
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Singing for Britten
Sat 23 Nov 2013
John Bridcut explores Britten's creative relationship with amateur singers.
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Murray Perahia interview
Sat 23 Nov 2013
Murray Perahia (who was coached by Britten himself) talks to Suzy Klein in a wide...
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Britten's Suffolk: Churches
Sat 23 Nov 2013
Louise Fryer visits important churches to Britten in Aldeburgh, Blythburgh and Oxford
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Britten at Home: Britten's Cars
Sat 23 Nov 2013
A passion for big cars, and memories of a road race from Aldeburgh to Snape
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Britten's Suffolk: The Sea
Fri 22 Nov 2013
Louise Fryer boards an historic fishing boat known to Britten as a child
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Britten's Suffolk: Red House
Fri 22 Nov 2013
Louise Fryer views the Aldeburgh house that Britten and Pears called
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Marion Thorpe interview
Fri 22 Nov 2013
Marion Thorpe was a close friend of Britten's for more than 30 years until his death...
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Britten's Suffolk: Snape Maltings
Fri 22 Nov 2013
Snape Maltings 鈥� Louise Fryer wanders around Britten鈥檚 music centre amongst the reeds
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Britten at Home: Britten's Sports
Fri 22 Nov 2013
Britten鈥檚 Sports 鈥� Lethal tennis playing, and skinny dipping in the Red House pool...
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Britten鈥檚 People
Fri 22 Nov 2013
Benjamin Britten鈥檚 legacy to the people who knew him, lived alongside him and to the...
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