The Company of Heaven
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The Company of Heaven is a composition for soloists, speakers, choir, timpani, organ, and string orchestra by Benjamin Britten. The title refers to angels, the topic of the work, reflected in texts fr
Höllensturz by Eugène Delacroix, 1861 (fresco, Saint-Sulpice, Paris), corresponding to the texts about angels which are spoken and sung.
Peter Pears
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Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears was an English tenor. His career was closely associated with the composer Benjamin Britten, his professional and romantic partner for nearly forty years.
The Company of Heaven
…by R Ellis Roberts. The broadcast was produced by Robin Whitworth, with an acting company headed by Felix Aylmer and singers led by Sophie Wyss and Peter Pears, with the BBC Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The conductor was Trevor Harvey. The complete work lasted just under 45 minutes. Britten confided…
Britten in 1965
Pears's grave in St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aldeburgh, Suffolk