Composer
Catalog
Stage Works
Opus | - | Title |
Timon of Athens - Incidental music - 1935 | ||
Easter 1916 (Slater) - Incidental music - 1935 | ||
Stay Down Miner (Slater) - Incidental music - 1936 | ||
Agamemnon (trans. MacNeice) - Incidental music - 1936 | ||
The Ascent of F6 (Auden/Isherwood) - Incidental music - 1937 | ||
On the Frontier (Auden/Isherwood) - Incidental music - 1938 | ||
Johnson over Jordan (Priestley) - Incidental music - 1935; f.p. 1939 - New Theatre, London | ||
This Way to the Tomb - Incidental music - 1945 | ||
43 | - | The Beggar's Opera (after John Gay) - Ballad Opera - 1948 |
45 | - | The Little Sweep - Opera - 1949 |
50 | - | Billy Budd - Opera - 1951 rev. 1960, f.p. 1951, Covent Garden (2 act version first broadcast 1961 -BBC; f.p. 1964 - Covent Garden) |
53 | - | Gloriana - Opera - 1953 - Opera - New York City Opera OperaPak; f.p. 1953 - Joan Cross, Peter Pears, Monica Sinclair, Jennifer Vyvyan, Geraint Evans, Frederick Dahlberg, Arnold Matters, Inia Te Wiata - Covent Garden |
54 | - | The Turn of the Screw - Opera - 1954; f.p. 1954 - Peter Pears, Jennifer Vyvyan, Joan Cross, Arda Mandikian, Olive Dyer, David Hemmings - La Fenice |
57 | - | The Prince of the Pagodas - Ballet - 1956 |
59 | - | Noye's Fludde - Opera - 1957 |
64 | - | A Midsummer Night's Dream - Opera - 1960 ; f.p. 1960 - Alfred Deller, Jennifer Vyvyan, Owen Brannigan, April Cantelo, Marjorie Thomas, Thomas Hemsley, George Moran, Peter Pears - Aldeburgh |
71 | - | Curlew River - Church parable - 1964; f.p. 1964 - English Opera Group - Oxford Church |
77 | - | The Burning Fiery Furnace - Church parable - 1966; f.p. 1966 - English Opera Group - Oxford Church |
81 | - | The Prodigal Son - Church parable - 1968; f.p. 1968 - English Opera Group - Oxford Church |
85 | - | Owen Wingrave - Opera - 1970; f.p. 1971 - B. Luxon, J. Shirley-Quirk, J. Baker, P. Pears, J. Vyvyan, N. Douglas, S. Fisher, H. Harper, Boys of the Wandsworth School Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten - BBC2 Television |
88 | - | Death in Venice - Opera - 1973; f.p. 1973 - Peter Pears, John Shirley Quirk, James Bowman, English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford - Snape Maltings |
Choral Works
| Opus | - | Title |
A Hymn to the Virgin - unacc. - 1930 rev. 1934 | ||
Christ's Nativity (The King's Birthday) 1931; f.p. 1991 - Britten Singers, Stephen Wilkinson - Aldeburgh | ||
Three Two-Part Songs - boys/female voices - 1932 - 1933 rev. 1955 | ||
3 | - | A Boy was Born - boys' voices, male voices, female voices (with organ ad lib) |
Two Two - Part Songs - SATB, piano - 1933 | ||
7 | - | Friday Afternoons - children's voices, piano - 1935 |
May - unison voices, piano - 1934 | ||
Te Deum - Treble, SATB, org/str, harp/piano - 1934 | ||
Two Ballads- 2 voices, piano - 1937 | ||
Pacifist March - unison voices, accompaniment - 1937 | ||
Advance Democracy - SSAATTBB - 1938 | ||
14 | - | Ballad of Heroes - Tenor/Soprano, chorus, orchestra - 1939 |
A.M.D.G. - SATB - 1939; f.p. 1984 - London Sinfonietta Voices, Terry Edwards - Purcell Room, London | ||
17 | - | Hopkins settings - withdrawn |
27 | - | Hymn to St. Cecilia - SSATB - 1942 |
28 | - | A Ceremony of Carols - Treble voices, harp - 1942 |
30 | - | Rejoice in the Lamb - Treble, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, SATB, organ - 1943 |
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Bernard - male voices, piano - 1943 | ||
A Shepherd's Carol - SATB - 1944 | ||
Chorale after an Old French Carol - SATB - 1944; f.p. 1944 - BBC Singers, Leslie Woodgate - BBC Radio | ||
32 | - | Festival Te Deum - SATB, organ - 1945 |
Deus in adjutorum meum - 1945 | ||
Old Joe has Gone Fishing - SATB, piano | ||
Song of the Fishermen - SATB, piano | ||
42 | - | St. Nicolas - Tenor, SA, 4 Tr, SATB, strings, piano 4 hands, percussion, organ -1948 |
44 | - | Spring Symphony - Soprano, Alto, Tenor, boys voices, mixed voices, orchestra -1949 |
46 | - | A Wedding Anthem - Soprano, Tenor, SATB, organ - 1949 |
47 | - | Five Flower Songs - SATB - 1950 |
Choral Dances from Gloriana - unacc | ||
56a | - | Hymn to St. Peter - Treble, SATB, organ - 1955 |
56b | - | Antiphon - SATB, organ - 1956 |
62 | - | Cantata academica - Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, chorus, orchestra - 1959 |
63 | - | Missa brevis - boys' voices, organ - 1959 |
Jubilate Deo - SATB, organ - 1961 | ||
Fancie - unison voices, piano - 1961 | ||
66 | - | War Requiem - Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, boys' voices, mixed voices, orchestra, chamber orchestra, organ - 1961 |
67 | - | Psalm CL - children's chorus 2 voices, instruments - 1962 |
A Hymn to St. Columba - SATB, organ - 1962 | ||
The Twelve Apostles - solo voice, unison chorus, piano - 1962; f.p. 1962 - Peter Pears, London Boy Singers, Benjamin Britten - Aldeburgh | ||
69 | - | Cantata misericordium - Tenor, Baritone, small chorus, string quartet, string orchestra, piano, harp, timpani - 1963 |
75 | - | Voices for Today - boys' voices, double chorus, organ ad lib - 1965; f.p. 1965 - London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey,Ralph |
Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung - SSAA - 1931 (1966); f.p. 1966 - Purcell Singers, Imogen Holst - Aldeburgh | ||
78 | - | The Golden Vanity - boys' voices, piano - 1966; f.p. 1967 - Vienna Boys' Choir -Aldeburgh, The Oxen - female chorus 2 voices, piano - 1967 |
The Sycamore Tree - SATB - 1930 (1967); f.p. 1968 - Ambrosian Singers, Philip Ledger - Aldeburgh | ||
A Wealden Trio - SSA - 1929 (1967); f.p. 1968 - Ambrosian Singers, Philip Ledger - Aldeburgh | ||
82 | - | Children's Crusade - children's voices, percussion, 2 pianos, organ - 1968; f.p. 1969 - Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Russell Burgess - St. Paul's Cathedral |
91 | - | Sacred and Profane - 5 voices - 1975; f.p. 1975 - Wilbye Consort of Voices, Peter Pears - Snape Maltings |
95 | - | Welcome Ode - young people's voices, orchestra - 1976; f.p. 1977 - Suffolk Schools' Choir and Orchestra, Keith Shaw |
Praise we great men - SATB, SATB, orchestra - 1976 (completed by Colin Matthews 1985); f.p. 1985 - Marie McLaughlin, Heather Harper, Philip | ||
Solo Vocal
Opus | - | Title |
Beware! - voice, piano - 1925 | ||
Quatre Chansons Françaises - High voice, orchestra - 1928; f.p. 1980 - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford - Snape Maltings | ||
The Birds - Mezzo/Baritone, piano - 1929 rev. 1934 | ||
The Ship of Rio - voice, piano - 1932 (1963) | ||
A Poison Tree - Baritone, piano - 1935; f.p. 1986 - Henry Herford, Ian Brown - Wigmore Hall | ||
When you're feeling like expressing your affection - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1935/6; f.p. 1992 Lucy Shelton, Ian Brown - Blythburgh Church | ||
8 | - | Our Hunting Fathers - Soprano/Tenor, orchestra - 1936 |
Underneath the Abject Willow - Tenor, piano - 1936(?) | ||
11 | - | On this Island - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1937 |
Cabaret Songs - High voice, piano - 1937 | ||
Not even summer yet - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1937; f.p. 1937 - Nell Moody, Gordon Thorne | ||
To lie flat on the back with knees flexed - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1937 | ||
Night covers up the rigid land - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1937 | ||
Fish in the Unruffled Lakes - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1938 | ||
The Red Cockatoo - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1938; f.p. 1991 - Lucy Shelton, Ian Brown - Snape Maltings | ||
18 | - | Les illuminations - Soprano/Tenor, strings - 1939 |
22 | - | Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo - Tenor, piano - 1940 |
Underneath the Abject Willow - Soprano, Tenor, piano - 1941 | ||
Song, on the water ("Wild with passion") - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1942; f.p. 1992 - Lucy Shelton, Ian Brown - Blythburgh Church | ||
Dirge for Wolfram ("If thou wilt ease thy heart") - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1942; f.p. 1992 - Lucy Shelton, Ian Brown - Blythburgh Church | ||
Cradle Song for Eleanor - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1942; f.p. 1992 - Lucy Shelton, Ian Brown - Blythburgh Church | ||
31 | - | Serenade - Tenor, horn and strings - 1943 |
Now sleeps the crimson petal - Tenor, horn and strings - 1943 | ||
Three Arias from Peter Grimes - Tenor, Soprano, piano/orchestra - | ||
35 | - | The Holy Sonnets of John Donne - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1945 |
Birthday Song for Erwin - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1945; f.p. 1988 - Christopher Hobkirk, Rosalind Jones - RCM | ||
Three Arias from The Rape of Lucretia - Alto, Tenor, Mezzo, piano/orchestra - | ||
40 | - | Canticle I "My beloved is mine" - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1947 |
41 | - | A Charm of Lullabies - Mezzo, piano - 1947 |
51 | - | Canticle II "Abraham and Isaac" - Alto, Tenor, piano - 1952 |
52 | - | Winter Words - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1953 |
If it's ever spring again - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1953 | ||
The children and Sir Nameless - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1953 | ||
55 | - | Canticle III "Still Falls the Rain" - Tenor, horn, piano - 1954 |
The Heart of the Matter - Narrator, tenor, horn, piano - 1956 | ||
58 | - | Songs from the Chinese - Soprano/Tenor, guitar - 1957 |
60 | - | Nocturne - Tenor, 7 obbligato instruments, string orchestra - 1958 |
61 | - | Sechs Hölderin - Fragmente - voice, piano - 1958 |
Bottom's Dream from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Bass - Baritone, piano/orchestra | ||
Um Mitternacht - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1959/60; f.p. 1992 - Lucy Shelton, Ian Brown - Blythburgh Church | ||
74 | - | Songs and Proverbs of William Blake - Baritone, piano - 1965; f.p. 1965 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Britten - Aldeburgh |
76 | - | The Poet's Echo - Soprano/Tenor, piano - 1965; f.p. 1965 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Mstislav Rostropovich - Moscow |
Tit for Tat - voice, piano - 1931 (1968); f.p. 1969 - John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Britten - Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh | ||
84 | - | Who are these Children? - Tenor, piano - 1969; f.p. 1971 - Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten - National Gallery, Edinburgh |
86 | - | Canticle IV "The Journey of the Magi" - Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone, piano - 1971; f.p. 1971 - James Bowman, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Britten - Snape Maltings |
89 | - | Canticle V "The Death of Narcissus" - Tenor, harp - 1974; f.p. 1975 - Peter Pears, Osian Ellis - Schloss Elmau, Bavaria |
92 | - | A Birthday Hansel - High voice, harp - 1975; f.p. 1976 - Peter Pears, Osian Ellis - Schloss Elmau, Bavaria |
93 | - | Phaedra - Mezzo, strings, percussion, 'cello, harpsichord - 1975; f.p. 1976 - Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford - Snape Maltings |
The Sun Shines Down - Tenor, piano - (?) | ||
What's on your mind? - Tenor, piano - (?) |
Music for the Radio
Opus | - | Title |
The Company of Heaven - 1937; f.p. 1937 - Felix Aylmer, Ian Dawson, Stewart Rome, Sophie Wyss, Peter Pears, BBC C & O, Trevor Harvey - BBC Radio King Arthur - 1937 | ||
Hadrian's Wall - 1937 | ||
The World of the Spirit - 1938 | ||
The Sword in the Stone - 1939 | ||
An American in England - 1942 | ||
The Rescue - 1943 |