Performed by the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Hamer Hall on 2 May 2021.
Conductor: Richard Davis
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English composer Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony is a work composed for string orchestra or string quartet. It was first performed on March 6, 1934, with the composer himself conducting the largely amateur Norwich String Orchestra.
Britten wrote that this piece is “entirely based on material from works which the composer wrote between the ages of nine and twelve.” The piece is dedicated to his childhood viola teacher, Audrey Alston; and the alliterative playfulness of its title and its four movements, speak to its sense of fun and good spirit. Britten rejected post-war avant-garde, instead attempting to fill the role of all-round beloved national composer previously held by Vaughan Williams.
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