"Benjamin Britten wanted to be remembered as a composer who served his community, and it's fitting that our final fundraising ...

In 1939, Britten fled to the US where, for a time, he house-shared with fellow musicians, writers and a burlesque dancer, as Philip Clark reveals... Read more England’s most significant composer in ...

The former home of a renowned composer and conductor has been protected ... Holst became Benjamin Britten's musical assistant - who was also from Suffolk - and in 1952 she was invited to help ...

but classical music lovers will know it best as the home of 20th–century composer Benjamin Britten. The composer, conductor and pianist, best known for the epic War Requiem, founded the annual ...

Benjamin Britten was an English composer who was born and lived in Suffolk. He started composing as a child and by the age of 18 he'd written more than 700 pieces! He wrote the opera 'Peter Grimes ...

Aldeburgh is set to welcome back visitors to the Red House, reopening after a winter hiatus. The historic home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, the Red House, reopens on April 3. Set in a ...

There she meticulously worked her way through Britten's scores, ironing out difficulties and inconsistencies. Whenever the composer was away, she took the opportunity to sort his numerous ...

Imogen Holst was also a composer and for 12 years she worked as an assistant to Benjamin Britten in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. In 1952, she was invited to help Britten as he worked on the opera Gloriana ...