Serenade for Tenor, Saxophone and Orchestra ("My Dear Benjamin") is a musical composition by Lyle Chan. Its text is drawn from letters between English composer Benjamin Britten and his first romantic interest, Wulff Scherchen. This orchestral song cycle forms a section within Chan's larger work Voices and Instruments. The work was commissioned by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and premiered at the 2016 Brisbane Festival, on 22 September. Scherchen died six weeks before the concert, at the age of 96, and the concert was dedicated to his memory.
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| - Serenade for Tenor, Saxophone and Orchestra ("My Dear Benjamin") is a musical composition by Lyle Chan. Its text is drawn from letters between English composer Benjamin Britten and his first romantic interest, Wulff Scherchen. This orchestral song cycle forms a section within Chan's larger work Voices and Instruments. The work was commissioned by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and premiered at the 2016 Brisbane Festival, on 22 September. Scherchen died six weeks before the concert, at the age of 96, and the concert was dedicated to his memory. (en)
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| - Serenade for Tenor, Saxophone and Orchestra ("My Dear Benjamin") is a musical composition by Lyle Chan. Its text is drawn from letters between English composer Benjamin Britten and his first romantic interest, Wulff Scherchen. This orchestral song cycle forms a section within Chan's larger work Voices and Instruments. The work was commissioned by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and premiered at the 2016 Brisbane Festival, on 22 September. Scherchen died six weeks before the concert, at the age of 96, and the concert was dedicated to his memory. Both Arts Hub and The AU Review included the song cycle in their Top Ten shows at the 2016 Brisbane Festival. It is one of four works shortlisted for Orchestral Work of the Year in the 2017 Art Music Awards. The work has been broadcast in its entirety twice by ABC Classic FM, in November 2016 and January 2017. A complete performance lasts approximately 40 minutes. The world premiere was performed by tenor Andrew Goodwin, saxophonist Michael Duke, and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra under conductor Paul Kildea, the Britten biographer. (en)
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