Instrumentation

the Madwoman(T),the Ferryman(Bar),the Traveller(bar),theSpirit of the Boy(treble),Leader of the Pilgrims/the Abbot (B), Chorus of Pilgrims (3T, 3 Bar, 2B), 3 Assistants (boys - silent roles) fl(=picc) - horn - viola.bass - harp - perc(1) 5 smalluntuned drums/5 small bells/1 large tuned gong -chamber organ

Availability

Full score (paper) 0-571-50720-4, rehearsal score (eng/ger) 0-571-50002-1, libretto (eng) 0-571-50094-3 on sale, rehearsal score (french) and parts for hire

Curlew River (Orchestra/Chorus/Soloists)

Benjamin Britten, William Plomer

£50.00

Curlew River (Libretto)

Benjamin Britten, William Plomer

£7.50

Curlew River (Orchestra/Chorus/Soloists)

Benjamin Britten, William Plomer

£50.00

Curlew River

Johanneskirche (Giessen, Germany)

Clarke Ruth/Andreas Schüller/dir. Kirsten Steeb/dir. Lisa Florentine Schmalz/Ronan Collett/Grga Peroš

Curlew River

Johanneskirche (Giessen, Germany)

Clarke Ruth/Andreas Schüller/dir. Kirsten Steeb/dir. Lisa Florentine Schmalz/Ronan Collett/Grga Peroš

Curlew River

Johanneskirche (Giessen, Germany)

Clarke Ruth/Andreas Schüller/dir. Kirsten Steeb/dir. Lisa Florentine Schmalz/Ronan Collett/Grga Peroš

Curlew River

Johanneskirche (Giessen, Germany)

Clarke Ruth/Andreas Schüller/dir. Kirsten Steeb/dir. Lisa Florentine Schmalz/Ronan Collett/Grga Peroš

Curlew River

Holy Trinity Church (Blythburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom)

Sir Willard White/Ian Bostridge/Audrey Hyland/dir. Deborah Warner/Duncan Rock/Marcus Farnsworth

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Critics acclaim 60th anniversary production of Britten’s Curlew River at the Aldeburgh Festival

Deborah Warner's production for Aldeburgh Festival, starring Ian Bostridge, acclaimed by press

Faber Music at the 75th Aldeburgh Festival

Premieres from Tom Coult, alongside 60th anniversary production of Curlew River and music from Imogen Holst and Carl Vine

'Curlew River' reviews

'The story...is probably the simplets and, externally, most uneventful that has ever been enacted on a Western stage. The pace of physical events is proportionally slow-and the pace of psychological, musical action proportionately quick. It is all over in one calm, exciting flash of absolutely concinuous inspiration.' Hans Keller, The Spectator
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