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Divertimentos, Sinfoniettas by Tippett, Britten, Arnold, Berkeley, Rawsthorne
Michael Tippett, Alan Rawsthorne, Benjamin Britten
Divertimentos, Sinfoniettas by Tippett, Britten, Arnold, Berkeley, Rawsthorne
Genre: Classical
 
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In considering these works for chamber orchestra by twentieth-century composers, it is worth noting that the Elgar-Vaughan Williams generation wrote nothing in these forms-but, there is a practical reason for this. The gr...  more »

     
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In considering these works for chamber orchestra by twentieth-century composers, it is worth noting that the Elgar-Vaughan Williams generation wrote nothing in these forms-but, there is a practical reason for this. The growth of the virtuoso chamber orchestra in Britain is a comparatively recent occurrence. In our time, with the proliferation of such ensembles, works such as these receive the accomplished, polished performances that are their due.