An excerpt from one of the best chapters of Alex Ross’ fantastic history of 20th-century music, The Rest Is Noise, on Benjamin Britten and his intensely powerful opera Peter Grimes. Even without the full text of the essay its audio excerpts are worth a listen, especially if you are planning to attend this weekend’s WCFSO performance of the Four Sea Interludes. Visit the Britten-Pears foundation website for more on the history of Grimes, and hit up BBC Radio 3 for a collection of photos [regrettably lo-res only] documenting Britten’s 1969 recording of the opera.
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