Britten-Pears Orchestra/Manacorda – review

Snape Maltings, AldeburghBenjamin Britten and Peter Pears established their young artists' programme at Snape exactly 40 years ago, and it has gone on to become even more wide-ranging in scope and international in its embrace. Choosing to mark the anniversary with a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony – the embodiment of the aspiration to universal harmony – was emblematic. The young Britten-Pears Orchestra were joined by soloists Gillian Keith, Louise Innes, Daniel Norman and Matthew ...

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