Britten's keyboard
Walking in to the Composition Studio at the Red House, the first thing I noticed (how could I not? ) was Benjamin Britten’s Steinway grand, which dominates the room. It is in fact a 19th century rosewood piano – and to think that he composed, tried out, practised and accompanied on this very keyboard… it was genuinely moving to be so near to it.
Today, the Red House is maintained by the Britten-Pears Foundation, a charity which conserves and develops the house as a heritage site. It also maintains a unique archive of manuscripts, documents and works of art relating to the musicians.
Britten's keyboard
Walking in to the Composition Studio at the Red House, the first thing I noticed (how could I not? ) was Benjamin Britten’s Steinway grand, which dominates the room. It is in fact a 19th century rosewood piano – and to think that he composed, tried out, practised and accompanied on this very keyboard… it was genuinely moving to be so near to it.
Today, the Red House is maintained by the Britten-Pears Foundation, a charity which conserves and develops the house as a heritage site. It also maintains a unique archive of manuscripts, documents and works of art relating to the musicians.