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tracks 10-20 Boyd Neel knew Britten from having conducted his film score for Love From a Stranger in 1936, so he asked him to write a new work for a string orchestra. Britten accepted the commission and immediately started work on a new set of variations on a theme by Bridge. Britten took as his theme the second of Bridge's Three Idylls for string quartet, Op. 6, No. 2. (3 Idylls: II. Allegretto Poco Lento) The first sketch was completed in 10 days, and the work was fully scored by 12 July. The work was given its concert premiere, as planned, on 27 August 1937 in Salzburg. Howe… read more
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