16K views · 276 reactions | Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears Recital - Riverside Studios 1964 First transmitted in 1964, this is an informal concert of traditional English songs given to an audience of friends at the Riverside Studios, London, by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. | Legendary Musicians | Facebook

9K views · 133 reactions | Today marks 34 years since the death of Sir Peter Pears. Here he is, with his partner Benjamin Britten at the piano, singing Britten's arrangement of the ballad 'Sweet Polly Oliver': https://DeccaClassics.lnk.to/PearsBrittenFolksongsFP | Decca Classics | Facebook

5.8K views · 210 reactions | [ON THIS DAY]  On this day in 1945, Britten's Peter Grimes premiered at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre! A tragic opera about a fisherman who struggles against prejudice and loneliness in a small English coastal community. Watch "Oh Hang at opens door" sung by the Chorus of Opera North!  https://t.ly/XiD1 | medici.tv | Facebook

Watch some Great British Classics 🎻 on BBC iPlayer The National Orchestra of Wales performs Britten's Four Sea Interludes from the opera Peter Grimes, part of a musical celebration of landscapes and seascapes at the #BBCProms. 📺 Watch in full on BBC iPlayer - search 'Great British Classics at the Proms’. | BBC Proms