Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, op. 4 with score

THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY Composer Benjamin Britten Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra Conductor Benjamin Britten Year of recording 1969 Boisterous Bourrée 0:05 Playful Pizzicato 3:31 Sentimental Saraband 6:38 Frolicsome Finale 14:36 The Simple Symphony, Op. 4, is a work for string orchestra or string quartet by Benjamin Britten. It was written between December 1933 and February 1934 in Lowestoft, using bits of score that the composer had written for the piano as a young teenager, between 1923 and 1926. It was composed for string orchestra and received its first performance in 1934 at Stuart Hall in Norwich, with Britten conducting an amateur orchestra. The piece is dedicated to Audrey Alston (Mrs Lincolne Sutton), Britten s viola teacher during his childhood. The piece is based on eight themes which Britten wrote during his childhood (two per movement) and for which he had a particular fondness. He completed