BRITTEN’S CHILDREN

BRITTEN’S CHILDREN
John Bridcut

A hallmark of Benjamin Britten’s compositions is his use of boys’ voices. John Bridcut interweaves discussion of this compelling music with tender and balanced accounts of the composer’s intense friendship with adolescent boys. He explores how these relationships helped Britten maintain links with his own happy childhood and the profound influence they had on him and his composing.

“Gripping, revelatory and a bit shocking” – The Times
334 pages with 8 pages b&w photos, paperback