Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Canadian Carnival (1939)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1939 - 10 dec 1939
    • Duration: 14 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 19
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets [ou 2] , 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 percussionists, 1 timpani, 1 harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 6 June 1940
    Location:

    Création radiophonique, B.B.C. Bristol


    Performers:

    Clarence Raybould, direction.

  • Date: 12 June 1945
    Location:

    Cheltenham Festival


    Performers:

    le London Philharmonic Orchestra, direction : Benjamin Britten.