Explore the history of the Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts books.
The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Every June it brings together new commissions, world-premieres and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founders, the composer Benjamin Britten and his partner singer Peter Pears.
1948 – 1959








1955
Designed by Benham and Company, Drawing and wood-engravings by John O’Connor




1960 – 1969










1970 – 1979










1980 – 1989







1986
PÂhotograph by Angus McBean, Peter Pears as Albert Herring in the 1947 Glyndebourne production



1990 – 1999




1993
Looking towards Snape Maltings, Slaughden, Aldeburgh, Suffolk by John Piper






2000 – 2009


2001
Designed by Silk Pearce. Photograph taken at Liverpool Street Station by Peter Silk

2002
(Background) NPA Satellite Mapping: False colour satellite image of Suffolk. Designed by Silk Pearce






2008
Aldeburgh Music webcams, taken on 27-10-05 at 07.59. Designed by Silk Pearce

2010 – 2019




2013
Britten in the sea at Aldeburgh, June 1952. © 1952 Royal Opera House / Roger Wood. Designed by Silk Pearce

2014
Orford Ness, 1914 by Anya Gallaccio. Courtesy of the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery London, and courtesy of the National Trust. Designed by Silk Pearce





Interlude

2022 – 2024



2024
Designed by Marcus Roth