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Britten 100

by BBC Radio 3

Britten 100. Highlights from Radio 3’s Britten centenary weekend in Aldeburgh with special features, interviews and on location reports recorded in Suffolk.

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  1. Britten at Home: Britten's Games

    Games with the Rostropoviches, and a controversial version of Happy Families

  2. Britten at Home: Britten's Clothes

    Britten’s understated elegance, and Willie Winkie nightgowns

  3. Britten at Home: Britten's Food

    Mrs Hudson’s Sunday roasts, and Britten’s liking for a pre-concert Brandy

  4. Britten's Suffolk: Aldeburgh

    Louise Fryer walks around Britten’s Aldeburgh

  5. Britten at Home: Britten's Cars

    A passion for big cars, and memories of a road race from Aldeburgh to Snape

  6. Britten's Suffolk: Churches

    Louise Fryer visits important churches to Britten in Aldeburgh, Blythburgh and Oxford

  7. Murray Perahia interview

    Murray Perahia (who was coached by Britten himself) talks to Suzy Klein in a wide ranging interview.

  8. Singing for Britten

    John Bridcut explores Britten's creative relationship with amateur singers.

  9. Britten's Suffolk: Childhood Places

    Louise Fryer visits Lowestoft and Gresham’s School

  10. Britten at Home: Britten's Pets

    The dachshunds loved by Britten and Pears, and Red House resident Johnnie the Parrot

  11. Britten's Suffolk: The Sea

    Louise Fryer boards an historic fishing boat known to Britten as a child

  12. Britten's Suffolk: Red House

    Louise Fryer views the Aldeburgh house that Britten and Pears called

  13. Marion Thorpe interview

    Marion Thorpe was a close friend of Britten's for more than 30 years until his death in 1976. Interviewed here by Tom Service.

  14. Britten's Suffolk: Snape Maltings

    Snape Maltings – Louise Fryer wanders around Britten’s music centre amongst the reeds

  15. Britten at Home: Britten's Sports

    Britten’s Sports – Lethal tennis playing, and skinny dipping in the Red House swimming pool

  16. Britten’s People

    Benjamin Britten’s legacy to the people who knew him, lived alongside him and to the county that inspired him.

  17. Michael Berkeley interview

    Suzy Klein interviews Britten's godson on In Tune.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Britten 100. Highlights from Radio 3’s Britten centenary weekend in Aldeburgh with special features, interviews and on location reports recorded in Suffolk.

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