The new Britten-Pears Archive, designed by Stanton William (photo Philip Vile) |
The new red-brick archive building is designed by Stanton Williams and it is situated in the grounds of the Red House in Aldeburgh where Britten and Pears lived from 1957. The creation of a dedicated archive has allowed space for the re-creation of Britten’s composing studio, where he wrote the War Requiem and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in situ. The space freed up on the site has also been used to develop exhibition and education facilities. There is a new exhibition exploring Britten’s life and music with and objects and documents from the Britten Pears Foundations’s rich collections. The exhibition will also be interactive including replicas of the original animal headdresses from Noye’s Fludd, which visitors can try on. The exhibition has been designed to appeal to all members of the family.
Further information from the Britten-Pears Foundation's website.
Elsewhere on this blog:
- Carmelites at Grange Park
- These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
- Eugene Onegin at Grange Park
- I Puritani at Grange Park
- Owen Wingrave at GSMD
- Viktoria Mullova in Bach Concertos - CD review
- Cav and Pag at Opera Holland Park
- An encounter with Opera Holland Park's James Clutton
- Lohengrin at WNO
- Sometime I Sing - voice & guitar - CD review
- La donna del lago
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