International Status Of Post-War British Music Proved
Benjamin Britten's Spring Symphony Performance At 1949 Holland Festival Benjamin Britten’s Spring Symphony was the only non-Dutch work to have its world premiere in this year’s Holland Festival. Eduard van Beinum conducted it on July 14 in the Concertgcbouw (concert-build-ine) of Amsterdam. The occasion, which ended with acclamation for the 35-year-old composer himself, was a compliment not onlv to Britten’s personal popularity in Holland but to the high international status that postwar British music enjoys. No one has done more towards the achievement of that status than Britten; especially, perhaps, through his opera “Peter Grimes,” which since its first appearance in 1945 has been staged in places as far apart as Budapest and Boston. The new symphony will be performed in Britain, the composer expects, early in 1950. For the British performance, there will be an adult choir, a boys’ choir, and soprano, contralto and tenor soloists: for the symphony, though
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 15116, 27 October 1949, Page 5
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