mon 3 feb, 16:00 hrs
Britten & Contemporaries, episode 10. Paul Bunyan is sometimes called Britten’s “finger practice” for his Peter Grimes opera. An impression.
William Schuman, a contemporary of Britten and former principal of the Juilliard School of Music, wrote as many as 10 symphonies, the first two of which he withdrew. But the third one hit the bull’s eye!