Happy Birthday Imogen Holst. We all fell in love with her during the making of Ben and Imo

Join Britten Pears Arts in the peaceful surroundings of The Red House, #Aldeburgh for a monthly Bereavement Café, supported by the hospice. The team offer a welcoming space for those coping with loss to gather, talk, and find comfort in shared experiences: brittenpearsarts.org/events/bereave…

What sweet relief. kate molleson on Brahms in BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week.
As I sit and pore over his violin sonatas in preparation for my first concert at Britten Pears Arts this year it feels like a combination of re-affirmations, provocations, and vignettes. LOVE.

An engaging Discovery Session this morning, exploring the Aldeburgh Festival's evolution into a world-class institution deeply-rooted in Suffolk.

Attendees were also treated to an in-depth exploration of The Composer’s Place exhibition and some special items from the Archive.

These are a few of my favourite things…
Aldeburgh Golf Club The Red House, Aldeburgh
Britten Pears Arts

Happy birthday to Mary Potter, born this day in 1900.
A renowned painter, Potter moved to Aldeburgh and became close friends with Britten and Pears in the early 1950s. You can find her art work on many of the walls here at the house.

Photograph: Nigel Luckhurst.

This afternoon, we were delighted to be joined by Baroness Rosalind Scott and to have formally received our Accredited status for Britten and Pears' archive at The Red House by The National Archives.

A national recognition we are honoured and proud of receiving.

Have you heard of Bob and Doris Ling?

The couple had a long history with Snape Maltings, from Bob working here when it was a maltings (as did his father, his grandfather, and his great grandfather), to being Concert Hall stage managers.

Find out more:
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Exciting news. So pleased for Andrew and for my wonderful Britten Pears Arts colleagues. The next chapter for this very special organisation will soon be written.

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy. That’s more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding for creative arts at university level is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic…

This really is a special place to perform🙂We are back Snape Maltings tonight for a sold out concert. Rehearsals are underway and we can’t wait to see all 812 of you later for the concert 👏

Such a joy to be in Snape maltings today! With such strong childhood memories of the place, it's magic to be singing here for the first time, especially as it's with The Sixteen. Back to St Mary Magdalen Oxford tomorrow.

The Concert Hall was filled with enchanting French music this evening performed by The Sixteen, including Duruflé’s beautiful and moving Requiem.

A colourful and elegant performance to wrap up this year's Friday Lunchtime Concert series at Orford Church this afternoon by Quatuor Van Kuijk. A heartwarming start to the Easter weekend.

We were delighted to experience the culmination of this week's fruitful masterclass workshops for Chamber Futures, part of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme. It was an uplifting and inspiring occasion. Well done to all involved.

For those looking to pay a visit this Easter, we are open as usual over the weekend.

'Will the Minister commit to reviewing and reversing this damaging and neglectful approach to our arts and cultural industries?'

Yesterday Lord Bassam (Steve Bassam) challenged the government on their view that arts subjects are 'not a strategic priority.'

Excited to celebrate the genius that is Benjamin Britten on this new album with Sir Simon Rattle and London Symphony Orchestra ..out soon ❤️

“The current criteria for ⁦Arts Council England’s⁩ ‘Let’s Create’ policy are problematic for most classical music organisations…Hopefully the current review of ACE…will also address these genuine worries for the future of classical music funding.” theguardian.com/music/2024/mar…

Look Up: A Thread of Mesmerizing Ceilings (Part 1) 🧵