But the French “didn’t quite understand Britten, and he didn’t quite understand them,” said Paul Kildea, the author of “Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century”the artistic director of Musica Viva Australia, in a phone interview from Melbourne.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/arts/music/25sp-paris-opera-britten.html

FCS Music Director Maestro Wes Kenney will lead the orchestra in a concert of music composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Benjamin Britten, Chief “Fela” Sowande, and Grammy Award-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis.

Source: https://northfortynews.com/category/art-lifestyle/the-fort-collins-symphony-presents-an-evening-of-music-written-in-memory-of-beloved-teachers-lands-and-those-we-have-lost-to-covid-19/