Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the time of his death Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto was a relative rarity, whether in concerts or ...

Simon Rattle's farewell concert with the London Symphony Orchestra was, of course, Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the farewell of all farewells. But on a happier note, Rattle led a performance of Benjamin ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook In back-to-back programs, the orchestra presented concertos by Beethoven and Benjamin Britten. By Oussama Zahr The violin concertos ...

Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang calls Britten’s Violin Concerto “one of the greatest dramas in the repertoire” and has described “never feeling closer to death” than when playing the piece. What she ...

Written as a requiem to the fallen in the Spanish Civil War, Britten’s Violin Concerto captures his despair of the conflict and the rising spectre of the Second World War. The work, which contains ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Britten centenary is turning into a CD bonanza. Hot on the heels of Ian Bostridge’s song anthology comes this ...

Gil Shaham was technically impeccable in a stunning account of Britten’s only violin concerto; the LSO were on virtuoso form throughout Violinist Gil Shaham is engaged on an ongoing project to explore ...

But let's take a step back before we examine bits and pieces from his amazing output, and look at what he achieved over his lifetime. Britten, who died in 1976, was a gifted composer by any measure, ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Edward Gardner, Conductor Howard Shelley, Piano Benjamin Britten, Composer BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Tasmin Little, Violin BBC ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Baiba Skride, Violin Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Double Concerto for Violin and Viola Baiba Skride, Violin Ivan Vukčević, Viola Vienna ...

Chandos's Britten recording (left) is an all-British affair. The Onyx recording of the Violin Concerto brings together a Canadian soloist, a Ukrainian conductor and a British orchestra for a ...