Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

perhaps we should narrow down who these three are first

a thumbs up for Britten

Walton? Elgar? RVW? Arnold? Knussen? Tippett ?

come to think of it, haven't all British composers turned their hand to conducting [at least of their own works]?

[Northender]

Which group of singers is back in the UK after a 10-year absence?

[Northender]

I'll leave you with some clues to consider while I have my supper:
Your'e looking for a choral symphony, a favourite from the world of British light music and an Austrian commission for choir.
Britten is the composer of one of these works.

[Flay]

Which group of singers is back in the UK after a 10-year absence?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I hope you didn't post that in vain, Flay.

[Flay]

I hope you didn't post that in vain, Flay.

Well it fits - they were in our neck of the woods over the weekend, and now off to Manchester.

[mercia]

vain

in a golden hue ?

[Flay]

G-G-G-Granville?

[Flay]

in a golden hue ?

Then up spake the cabin-boy. Casting his clothes off he dived into the sea. They laid him on the deck.

It could only be Britten

[Flay]

The Golden Vanity was written at the request of the Vienna Boys Choir and first performed by them at the 1967 Aldeburgh Festival.

You're all 'avin a larf at my expense. Throwing in tit-bits for me to do all the running.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

in a golden hue ?

Fair question.

[Northender]

The Golden Vanity - commissioned from the well known conductor/composer Benjamin Britten by the Wiener Knabenchor.
One down, two to go!
EDIT:
Flay and fhg clearly know the other two...come on now, no need to be shy!

[Nick Armstrong]

Then up spake the cabin-boy. Casting his clothes off he dived into the sea. They laid him on the deck.

It could only be Britten

Naughty!

Could have been worse.

The boy stood on the burning deck
The crew said "Silly Billy"
"No no!" he cried
"That's not my name.
I'm Jack; the captain's Willy"

[Flay]

Naughty!

Could have been worse.

The boy stood on the burning deck
The crew said "Silly Billy"
"No no!" he cried
"That's not my name.
I'm Jack; the captain's Willy"

Even naughtier!

Poor Northo! Granville Bantock - Vanity of Vanities, a Choral Symphony

[Flay]

Anthony Collins -Vanity Fair