Beyond Britten: The Composer and the Community

Peter Wiegold, Ghislaine Kenyon

Leading composers, producers and writers consider the role of the composer in the community in Britain today and over the last fifty years.

Peter Wiegold and Ghislaine Kenyon: Introduction - Peter Wiegold and Ghislaine KenyonBenjamin Britten: On Receiving the First Aspen Award (reprint)Colin Matthews: 'Music is now free for all': Britten's Aspen Award Speech - Colin MatthewsHoward Skempton: Britten and Cardew - Howard SkemptonChristopher Fox: After the Fludde: ambitious music for all-comers - Christopher FoxGillian Moore: 'A vigorous unbroken tradition': British composers and the community since the beginning of the twentieth century - Gillian MooreEugene Skeef: 'I am because you are' - Eugene SkeefTommy Pearson: 'A real composer coming talk to us' - Tommy PearsonNigel Osborne: Running away from rock 'n' roll - Nigel OsborneJohn Barber: Finding a place in Society; finding a voice - John BarberJames Redwood: A matrix of possibilities - James RedwoodKatie Tearle: 'I was St Francis' - Katie TearleJudith Webster: Reflections on Composers, Orchestras and Communities: motivation, music and meaning' - Judith WebsterDouglas Mitchell: 'Sounding good with other people' - Douglas MitchellPeter Wiegold and Amoret Abis: 'Making Music is How you Understand It': Dartington Conversations with Harrison Birtwistle, Philip Cashian, Peter Wiegold and John Woolrich - Peter WiegoldPeter Wiegold and Amoret Abis: 'Making Music is How you Understand It': Dartington Conversations with Harrison Birtwistle, Philip Cashian, Peter Wiegold and John Woolrich - Amoret AbisJohn Sloboda: The Composer and the Audience - John SlobodaAmoret Abis:The Composer in the Classroom - Amoret AbisSean Gregory: Unleashed: Collaboration, Connectivity and Creativity - Sean GregoryDetta Danford and Natasha Zielazinski: One Equal Music - Detta Danford and Natasha ZielazinskiPeter Wiegold: That's how it happens - Peter WiegoldJonathan Reekie: Britten's Holy Triangle - Jonathan ReekiePostludePeter Wiegold: Appendix: A Practice - Peter Wiegold