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Performing Britten

Owen Wingrave

Sunday 15 April 2007 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)

John Evans talks to distinguished interpreters of Britten's operas about performances and recordings with which they are closely associated, and about the problems and pleasures of performing Britten.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist:

9/10. He talks to conductor Steuart Bedford about Britten's penultimate opera, Owen Wingrave. The opera is based on a Henry James story about a young man with strong pacifist convictions who refuses to go along with his military family's wishes and join the army, with tragic consequences.

Performing Britten

Episode and Playlist Information

• 22 Apr 07 Death in Venice
• 15 Apr 07 Owen Wingrave
• 8 Apr 07 Part Eight
• 1 Apr 07 The Turn of the Screw
• 25 Mar 07 Gloriana
• 18 Mar 07 Billy Budd
• 11 Mar 07 Albert Herring