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Suite for violin and piano, Op 6
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Elena Urioste (Violin)
Performer: Michael Brown (Piano)
Recording date: 16 February 2014
Date of broadcast: 16 September 2014
Written when Britten was starting his professional life, this suite is full of modernism, sharp rhythms and agility. The influence of Schoenberg and Ravel, whose music Britten admired, show through in the third and fifth movement respectively.
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Elena Urioste (Violin)
Performer: Michael Brown (Piano)
Recording date: 16 February 2014
Date of broadcast: 16 September 2014
