Britten: Simple Symphony

Benjamin Britten, conducting the English Chamber Orchestra
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[rayq]

0:00 - Boisterous Bourrèe
3:27 - Playful Pizzicato
6:32 - Sentimental Sarabande
14:28 - Frolicsome Finale

[bobhourigan]

Britten conducting Britten. The only way to go.

[SaintMartins]

First heard Simple Symphony's "Boisterous Bourrree" (0:00) & "Sentimental Sarabande" (6:32) in a 1986 French film named Mauvais Sang starring Juliette Binoche & Dennis Lavant.

[salimelsayegh]

Everything’s alliteration in this from the title to the movement names to the composer’s own name

[Belfreyite]

The slow lament after the Pizzicato brought tears to my eyes.

[orckiller]

This piece and some tea after a day at work helps the day to melt away

[thefrankonion]

Written between the age of 10 and 14 years old. Orchestrated when he was 20.

[famelio]

My father, Gilbert Amelio, chose to use much of this symphony for the background music for his “Face of Christ” shown every Good Friday around the world by the 700 Club. He performed the Face of Christ around the world for over 40 years. I remember at the age of 8 helping my father carry the huge bust of clay up the stairs in our house in Warren, Michigan, and into our green Chevy wagon then driving to convents and churches where my father would perform for an hour. Then we would drive the long trip home at night. Looking back today and being blessed to hear this symphony again is so peaceful. Thank you Benjamin Britten for the memories.

[connorchen]

Britten wrote this piece is based on eight melodies or themes that he wrote during his
childhood. He was only about 20 when he finished this piece

[sofiaxhaferaj]

Playing this piece in orchestra this year!! It gives me goosebumps.

[alejandroherreradelaparra]

Great symphony. Great composer. Thumbs up. Hats off...

[odettefrancois]

Muy interesante el movimiento de staccatto🎻🎶🎻🎶🎻🎶 saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱

[ViniciusLBueno]

One of the best things I've ever played 😢

[davidjames]

I adore the work of Britten, it is only in the last few years that it subtlety and weaving-nes has captured me, it does seem quintessentially English..

[laurenarnold]

I get to play this with my high school orchestra in Carnegie Hall this spring, I'm very excited

[gerardbegni]

This simple symphony is made of youth themes, re-worked by an experimented miusician to build up a neoclassic work. Prokofiev did the same with his second sonata and its famous "classical" first symphony. This is quite successful since the art of the confirmed comoser puts these elements in interesting order.

[levimoore]

Hello everyone, from 2018. Playing this in this year's highschool orchestra.

[Archangina]

Cette musique, composée probablement avant 1920, dans son enfance, est déjà moderne. Britten le libertaire y est déjà en germe, potentiellement!!

[gordonkok]

Man, this piece is amazing! This was my audition piece and now we might be playing it in chamber orchestra this coming year!

[Bagazille]

one of the last great composer of the human race