BBC Music January 2013

Benjamin Britten Our centenary celebration of Britain's greatest 20th-century composer, including:

The finest works explored
His inspirations, from Peter Pears to WH Auden
PLUS Bayan Nothcott on the critics who hated Britten's music
Aldeburgh Daniel Jaffé travels to the idyllic Suffolk town to follow in Britten's footsteps

Arthur Bliss Terry Barfoot takes a look at the life and works of the British composer, and how his finest hour was heart-breakingly silenced by Britten's War Requiem

Matthew Barley James Naughtie catches up with the innovative cellist before his UK-wide Round Britten tour


Plus on your free CD Benjamin Britten's War Requiem performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Edinburgh Chorus and more under Ilan Volkov

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