Britten Thematic Catalogue

BTC948 PRELUDE AND FUGUE

For 18-part string orchestra, op. 29

Composition date: May 1943

Revised: 1951

There were some slight revisions to the work before publication.

First performance: 23 Jun 1943 >>

Type of performance: Concert performance

Location: Wigmore Hall, London

Performance details:

Boyd Neel Orchestra, Boyd Neel cond

Genre: Orchestral

Performing forces:

10 vn, 3 va, 3 vc, 2 db

Duration: 9'

Dedication: 'To Boyd Neel and his orchestra, on the occasion of their 10th birthday, 23 June 1943'

Louis Boyd Neel (1905-1981), English-born conductor.

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