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EM Forster with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in 1949

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Wood Engraving Wednesday

John Craig

Here are a few wood engravings of landscapes by the English wood engraver and illustrator John Craig from his 1997 book Britten's Aldeburgh printed in Risbury, England at the Whittington Press in an edition of 440 copies signed by the artist. The book, which textually and graphically follows the walking routes of English composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) in his coastal Suffolk hometown of Aldeburgh, includes 81 wood engravings and three 2-color linocuts. Britten is known to have composed works on his regular walks in the Aldeburgh vicinity.

John Craig himself is from an illustrious artistic family. His sister Helen Craig is a noted English children's book illustrator and writer. Both are the children of film art designer and illustrator Edward Carrick (born Edward Anthony Craig), whose parents were the theater maker and wood engraver Edward Gordon Craig, the son of famous English actress Ellen Terry and architect Edward Godwin, and violinist Elena Meo, the daughter of Italian-British artist Gaetano Meo.

Our copy of Britten's Aldeburgh is a donation from the estate of our late friend Dennis Bayuzick.

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Paul Appleby as Captain Vere in Billy Budd - Opéra de Lyon, 2026

#apparently this production ends with vere cradling billy's dead body :)#billy budd #paul appleby #benjamin britten #opera tag

okay nico muhly you win the opera internet today

#opera tag #opera #peter grimes #britten #benjamin britten #CORRECT.

Mrs. Grouse definitely had a crush on the Governess. There was something going on there and Britten knew it

#the turn of the screw #the turn of the screw opera #benjamin britten #opera #operablr

It always weirds me out to some extent when I see people say “Shostakovich was pro LGBTQ+ because he was friends with Britten!” It’s very “he’s not homophobic because he has gay friends” idk

#shostakovich #dmitri shostakovich #benjamin britten #lgbtqia #I would also like to add that greeting your friend’s partner in a letter is basic respect????#this is NOT to say Shostakovich wasn’t pro LGBTQ we don’t know that #but to say that based on THAT fact is weird tbh

Some stairwell singing

#song is the Britten arrangement of The Last Rose of Summer #i actually really like the feeling of singing straight tone sometimes. but I never get to do it in performance #so I kinda just wanted to uhhhh chuck this out into the void. and Tumblr's as good a place as any ig #if you hear my intonation problems no you don't #if you hear my over-modified vowels no you don't #if you hear my support problems no you don't #if you know me irl and have heard me sing this song 10000001 times already NO YOU DON'T #I have other rep I promise. I just can never quit this song. Idk it hits different #singing tag #singing #benjamin britten #folk music #trad folk

Just bought My Beloved Man: The Letters of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

£35 well spent.

#It’s hardback #so I’m going to have to lug it around London all day #But it’s worth it #classical music #Benjamin britten #Peter pears #my thoughts exactly

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