May/June

Composer of the month

Benjamin Britten

1913-1976

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Simple Symphony

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture

Sir Edward Elgar


Nimrod from Enigma Variations

Pomp and Circumstance

Symphony No. 1

Cello Concerto, 1st mvt. – played by Yo-Yo Ma

Music of England

William Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices

John Banister: A Division on a Ground

Sumer is icumen in

Thomas Tallis: Spem In Alium

Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance Major-General song

Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody

John Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B flat major

Gustav Holst: St. Paul’s Suite

Pianists with May/June Birthdays


Alicia de Larrocha

Lang Lang

Martha Argerich

André Watts