Page 94 - Media Coverage Book - 75th Aldeburgh Festival 2024
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09 January 2024
Aldeburgh Festival at 75: festival regular, Tony Cooper reports
Labels: Aldeburgh, by Tony Cooper, preview
Britten: The Burning Fiery Furnace - Aldeburgh Festival, Orford Church, 1966 (Photo: John Richardson / Britten
Pears Arts)
Flashing through life, this year’s Aldeburgh Festival notches up its
75th edition and features a stellar line-up of international
performers offering a wealth of music across a wholesome 17
days. Festival regular, Tony Cooper, reports.
Founded by Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and Eric Crozier in 1948, the Aldeburgh
Festival, originally centred on the Borough’s cosy and intimate Jubilee Hall in Crabbe
Street with a seating capacity of just 236. However, when Britten and Pears conceived
