Music that Benjamin Britten wrote in 1942 for a radio series intended to inform American audiences about conditions in wartime Britain will be performed in public for the first time next month by the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, the BBC reported.
The music was originally written for a series called “An American in England†that was broadcast on the CBS radio network. The Oct. 3 concert, which comes as orchestras around the world mark Britten’s centenary, will open with music that Britten wrote for one of the broadcasts, “Women of Britain,†which explored the role of British women during the war.
The actor Samuel West will narrate excerpts from the original script, the orchestra said.
