Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Prelude and Fugue (1943)

for string orchestra of 18 instruments

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1943 - may 1943
    • Duration: 8 mn 30 s
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 29
    • Dedication: 'To Boyd Neel and his orchestra, on the occasion of their 10th birthday, 23 June 1943'
Detailed formation
  • 5 violins, 5 second violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 23 June 1943
    Location:

    Londres, Wigmore Hall


    Performers:

    Boyd Neel Orchestra, direction : Boyd Neel.