Benjamin Britten in Rehearsal and Performance: Nocturne for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 60

Overview

"The acclaimed composer and conductor Benjamin Britten and the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra team up with tenor Peter Pears in a rehearsal and performance of Britten's own ""Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments & Strings, Op. 60."" Britten has be

Product Details

Release Date:	08/31/2004
UPC:	0089948427797
Original Release:	1962
Source:	Video Artists Int'l
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:00:00
Sales rank:	48,417

Special Features

DVD bonus: An interview with Benjamin Britten (1968); Peter Pears & Julian Bream perform two Elizabethan songs (1959)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Benjamin Britten	Conductor,Conductor
Peter Pears	Performer/Commentator,Performer/Commentator
Peter Pears	Actor,Actor
Vancouver Chamber Orchestra	Actor,Actor
Benjamin Britten	Actor,Actor

Technical Credits

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits & Introduction [2:27]
2. Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep [4:37]
3. Encinctured With a Twine of Leaves [2:48]
4. Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting [4:37]
5. But That Night When on My Bed I Lay [4:33]
6. She Sleeps on Soft, Last Breaths [5:10]
7. What Is More Gentle Than a Wind in Summer [5:20]
8. When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See [3:43]
9. On a Poet's Lips I Slept [3:06]
10. Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep [3:33]
11. Encinctured With a Twine of Leaves [2:13]
12. Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting [2:13]
13. But That Night When on My Bed I Lay [3:03]
14. She Sleeps on Soft, Last Breaths [3:50]
15. What Is More Gentle Than a Wind in Summer [2:58]
16. When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See [4:36]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play Program
Chapter Selection
Rehearsal
Performance
Bonus Selection
Dowland: Fine Knack for Ladies
Rosseter: Whan Then Is Love But Mourning
Benjamin Britten Interview
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