Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Winter Words (1953)

Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy, for high voice and piano

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1953 - 1953
    • Duration: 19 mn 30 s
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 52
    • Dedication: 'To John and Myfanwy Piper'
Detailed formation
  • 1 solo tenor [ou soprano] , 1 piano

Premiere information

  • Date: 8 October 1953
    Location:

    Festival de Leeds, Harewook House


    Performers:

    Peter Pears et Benjamin Britten.

Table of contents

  1. At day-close in November
  2. Midnight on the Great Western
  3. Wagtail and Baby
  4. The little old table
  5. The Choirmaster's Burial
  6. Proud Songsters
  7. At the Railway Station, Upway
  8. Before Life and After