James Tobin [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
>In a recent thread on late great works I listed one of Britten's last
>works, Suite on English Folk Tunes: "A Time There Was," without getting a
>rise out of anybody. ... Anyone know this work?
Yep. I first got it on a Columbia lp with Bernstein conducting the NY
Phil. It was coupled with the 4 Sea Interludes. Since then, I've bought
CDs by Rattle and Hickox. It may have confused the audience, expecting
another Young Person's Guide perhaps. It definitely is a comparatively
subdued work, like much of late Britten, but, I agree, very beautiful.
Steve Schwartz