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15 December 2021
Aldeburgh Festival broadens its
horizons with record premieres
planned for 2022
By Elaine Hadley
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Set current trials and tribulations aside. Some music festivals are not just trying to
keep going but making plans for a bigger, better future. Having proved one of the
most determined to stay active in the past 18 months, the Aldeburgh Festival, co-
founded by composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears, his partner, is today
announcing a 2022 festival that sets its sights high.
It promises to be a busy year. Queen Elizabeth will celebrate 70 years on the throne
with a Platinum Jubilee festival on June 2-5, which coincides with the opening
weekend of the festival. It is also the 50th anniversary of the Britten Pears Young
