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  1. Public Bookmark 7

    The trees they grow so high by

    20th Century CE RPF, Classical Music RPF
    Summary

    On the eve of World War I, Benjamin Britten is a new boy at boarding school. He is assigned to fag for Peter Pears, a prefect and a tenor in the school choir. A friendship develops between the two of them, but are Britten's feelings more than simple hero-worship?

    Amidst the patriotic fervour of wartime, Britten has to stand by Pears when the older boy's pacifist convictions make him unpopular with the rest of the school. After Pears leaves school they lose touch until, at the end of the war, a tragedy brings them back together...

    Last bookmarked by Catana

    8 Jan 2012

  2. Rec 5

    Everyone in England worth saving by

    Cambridge Spies, Cambridge Five RPF, 20th Century CE Political RPF, Classical Music RPF
    Summary

    In 1963 Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten are on their first concert tour of the USSR. Their visit to exiled spy Guy Burgess is not such a triumphant success.

    Last bookmarked by Tibby

    9 Jan 2011

    Notes

    A bleak but touching and all-round wonderful story about an imaginary meeting between Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten and Guy Burgess.

    "Remember me to Anthony..."

  3. Public Bookmark 1

    Queen Hilda by

    Hilda Tablet and Others - Henry Reed, Classical Music RPF, 20th Century CE RPF
    Summary

    It's time for Hilda's next project, "Mapp and Lucia: the opera." Or should that be "Lucia and Mapp"?

    Last bookmarked by twtd

    29 Sep 2010

  4. Rec 2

    Buck up, it's Baroque by

    Classical Music RPF, Hilda Tablet and Others - Henry Reed, 20th Century CE RPF
    Summary

    Roll over, Beethoven and move over, Benjamin Britten… it's Hilda Tablet, the "eminent twelve-tone composeress." When Hilda and her muse, soprano Elsa Strauss, are special guests at the Aldeburgh Festival, they leave havoc, romantic entanglements and modern music in their wake.

    Last bookmarked by twtd

    14 Sep 2010

  5. Rec 8

    Clap, damn you by

    20th Century CE RPF, Classical Music RPF
    Summary

    1953. A grand opera for the Coronation. What could go wrong?

    Last bookmarked by Loligo

    31 Dec 2009