London Choral Sinfonia • Mentor: Britten & Oldham (CD) Ensemble_Octet Strings: yellow brass

Strings: yellow brass

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London Choral Sinfonia • Mentor: Britten & Oldham (CD) Ensemble_Octet Strings: yellow brassFrom Michael Waldron's sleeve note: Ive always loved Brittens music, and its been a strong thread across 10 years of LCS concerts. This recording project, however, fell into place somewhat accidentally. I was skimming the Wikipedia entry on Britten when I came across the following: Unlike many leading English composers, Britten was not known as a teacher, but in 1949 he accepted his only private pupil, Arthur Oldham, who studied with him for three