Aldeburgh Festival
List of News Articles
Letters to a Young Poet
Hannah Lack tells the recently-uncovered full story of Rainer Maria Rilke’s influential letters, soon to be brought to life at the
73rd Aldeburgh Festival
03 – 26 June 2022
Benjamin Britten’s String Quartets
The 2023 Aldeburgh Festival offers a rare chance to hear all three of Britten’s numbered String Quartets, played across three concerts. This essay by…
Charles Byrne – the ‘Irish Giant’
Wendy Moore explores the history of Charles Byrne – the ‘Irish Giant’ – and the surgeon John Hunter
Pavel Kolesnikov's Magic Box
Camille De Rijck talks to Aldeburgh Festival featured musician Pavel Kolesnikov about his fascination with American…
Aldeburgh Festival Podcast
This weekly podcast gets up close with some of the artists taking part in the Festival. If you want to know more about the Aldeburgh Festival, this…
The Story of HerStory
East Suffolk Skylarks is a fun…
Composing Myself: Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary music. Her powerful and striking sound-world is deeply inspired by…
Something in the Water: Aldeburgh Festival moments that made it famous
Towering silent sentinels afloat on the Alde. Projections on a nuclear power station. Night walks and alfresco piano recitals at dawn. Aldeburgh…
The Aldeburgh Festival Spirit
What makes a festival so magical? How can we enrich our musical life with a touch of this special formula? Britten Pears Arts' CEO, Roger Wright,…
An official history of the Aldeburgh Festival
Dr Nicholas Clark, Librarian at The Red House, looks back on the history of the Aldeburgh Festival...
Archive Treasures: The first Aldeburgh Festival Executive Committee minute book
Britten, Pears and writer and producer Eric Crozier first discussed the idea of holding a festival in Aldeburgh in Summer 1947 while touring abroad…