He'd just arrived in Canada with Peter Pears and, as you can hear from the bravura piano part and unrestrained string writing, he hit the Canadian ground running. He withdrew the piece, possibly at Pears' insistence, and it wasn't heard again until 1979.
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Mr. Symphonist
2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). Peter Grimes, the Serenade and War Requiem are among my all time favourite works. This year I'm going to try to listen to every Britten piece, in the order he wrote them. Why not join me? #TheCompleteBritten
