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The School Britten & Pears Built
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears founded a special kind of Music School. Their 'creative campus' would offer musicians the chance to study at the magical Snape Maltings. This year the school, now known as the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, celebrates its 50th year, and an important project is underway…
About Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears
Watch our eight minute film on Britten and Pears' relationship.
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Archive Treasures: The Absent Composer
In our archive we hold a short note, in Britten’s frail hand, sent to Snape Maltings on the first performance of his final opera Death in Venice on…![Tilda Swinton in Derek Jarman's War Requiem, 1989]()
The Anti-War Art of War Requiem, Sixty Years On
May 2022 marks the sixtieth anniversary of War Requiem, ‘Perhaps the most important work I have yet written’ as Britten described it in his…![]()
Archive Treasures: The Birth of a Music School
This year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme (previously the Britten-Pears School for Advanced…
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Singing and Maternal Mental Health
Series: Creative Thinktanks Ideas explored: music for health and wellbeing![Portrait of Callum Given in the Concert Hall]()
My Week: Callum Given, Head of Community
Callum Given leads the team which runs Britten Pears Arts' work with local people. The team aims to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals,…![]()
HerStory: The Catchpole Chronicles
Series: Enquiries Ideas explored: music for health and wellbeing
