Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Welcome Ode (1976)

for SAB youth choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1976
    • Duration: 8 mn
    • Publisher: Faber Music, nº 0-571-52526-1
    • Opus: 95
    • Commission: 'Written for the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen's Silver Jubilee visit to Ipswich'
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Thomas Dekker, John Ford, Fielding et anonyme

Detailed formation
  • adult and children choir à 3 voix
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes [ou 1] , 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons [ou 1] , 4 horns [ou 2] , 2 trumpets, 3 trombones [ou 2] , 1 tuba [ou 0] , 3 percussionists, 1 timpani, 1 harp, 1 piano [ou 0] , strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 11 July 1977
    Location:

    Ipswich, Corn Exchange


    Performers:

    chœur et orchestre de la Suffolk Schools, direction : Keith Shaw.