FAMOUS BRITISH MUSICIANS. Henry Purcell 1659-1695 An English composer Opera Dido and Aeneas (1689) Music for theatrical performances Hymns Songs Musical. - презентация

1 FAMOUS BRITISH MUSICIANS

2 Henry Purcell An English composer Opera Dido and Aeneas (1689) Music for theatrical performances Hymns Songs Musical compositions

3 Dido and Aeneas

4 Edward Benjamin Britten an English composer, pianist, conductor; born, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England; father - a dentist; the youngest of four children (a brother and two sisters) was educated locally; studied first piano and then viola from private teachers; began to compose in 1919; entered the Royal College of Music in London in 1930; won several prizes for his compositions;

5 Some facts about his life and career met tenor Peter Pears (1937); sailed for North America in 1939; operas: Peter Grimes (1945) Albert Herring (1947) A Midsummer Nights dream (1960) Billy Budd (1951) The Turn of the Screw(1954) Death in Venice (1973); the War Requiem (1961);

6 founded the English Opera Group in 1947; founded the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948; developed close friendship with D.Shostakovich and M. Rostropovich in the 1960s; awarded the Order of Merit in 1965; created a Life Peer in 1976; buried in the churchyard of the Aldeburgh Parish Church.

7 Peter Pears an English singer; began to develop his singing and acting talents during his school days at Lancing College; began his professional career with the BBC Singers in 1934; met the composer Benjamin Britten in 1937; shared three years in America (1939 – 1942) with B.Britten; developed his career as a soloist, making his operatic debut in The Tales of Hoffman; created the title role in Britten's Peter Grimes in 1945.

8 B.Britten and P.Pears

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10 Scenes from his operas

11 The Aldeburgh Festival It was founded in 1948 by B. Britten, P. Pears and E.Crozier. The original intention was to provide a home for their opera company, the English Opera Group. Soon literature, drama, lectures and art exhibitions were included.