Rupert Christiansen

The music man

<em>Rupert Christiansen</em> welcomes a new biography of Benjamin Britten – marking his centenary – which brings all his many complexities satisfyingly and vividly to life

issue 09 February 2013

  • Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century

    Paul Kildea

    Allen Lane, pp. 688

  • Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Volume VI, 1966-1976

    Philip Reed and Mervyn Cook

    Boydell Press, pp. 880

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