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  1. A picture of Sydney Baedke, Female Chorus on Rape of Lucretia

    Interview with Sydney Baedke, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia

    How would you describe your experience on The Rape of Lucretia so far? It’s been incredibly rewarding and meaningful. The fact…
  2. A group of children gathering around a women playing guitar.

    Trainee Music Leader, Charly Jolly

    Charly Jolly, this year’s Trainee Music Leader with Britten Pears Arts and Spitalfields Music, talks about her time with the inspirational team at…
  3. Snape Maltings' Head Buyer, Heather Fortmann

    12 Years In The Making

    A chat with our Head Buyer, Heather Fortmann, about her journey from Liberty London, and how she decides which items end up on our shelves...

  4. Moina Moin

    Born in Stroud in 1998 and working in expanded sculpture at Goldsmiths (2019) and Margate’s Open School East (2021-22) Moina has carved out a…
  5. Anna Helena Mc Lean with string instrument

    Anna-Helena McLean

    Anna-Helena McLean is a multi-disciplinary music and theatre artist, director and researcher.
  6. Mono recording of T.H. White reading from The Sword in the Stone, Argo Record Company Limited EAF 63, 1963

    Archive Treasures: Britten, Myth and Radio

    ‘Read some Ingoldsby legends in evening’, Britten recorded in his diary on the 15 August 1932. The young composer was enjoying a collection of…
  7. Queen Elizabeth II walking with Benjamin Britten

    In Memoriam, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

    Queen Elizabeth II established a connection with Aldeburgh that was both public and personal. With the sad news of Her Majesty’s passing, we take this…
  8. A photograph of two people looking at the camera smiling.

    Music and later life

    During the summer of 2021, Britten Pears Arts (BPA) redesigned and relaunched ‘Participate’ as part of the Community team’s Later Life programme. Our…

  9. ThinkTank: Exploring Co-production in Music and the Arts

    ThinkTanks are facilitated discussions held at Britten Pears Arts’ unique site at Snape Maltings. They bring together a broad range of stakeholders and…

  10. 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…

  11. Archive Treasure - What might have been: Britten, Milligan and Lewis Carroll

    The archive at the Red House documents the careers of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in great detail. Making up a fascinating sub-set of the archive…

  12. Young Musicians' Health & Wellbeing

    We brought together some great minds to discuss the health and wellbeing of young musicians, in our latest Britten Pears Arts Think Tank. The…