An odd reflection to have at the start of a weekend dedicated to Benjamin Britten’s Russian influences at Snape Maltings, home to the world-renowned Aldeburgh Festival, but Benjamin Britten disliked a lot of Russian music (Rachmaninov, Borodin, Mussorgsky) and quite a few Russian composers personally, notably, Stravinsky, though he was a great admirer of Tchaikovsky and later of Shostakovich.
Benjamin Britten’s Russia connection
An odd reflection to have at the start of a weekend dedicated to Benjamin Britten’s Russian influences at Snape Maltings, home to the world-renowned Aldeburgh Festival, but Benjamin Britten disliked a lot of Russian music (Rachmaninov, Borodin, Mussorgsky) and quite a few Russian composers personally, notably, Stravinsky, though he was a great admirer of Tchaikovsky and later of Shostakovich.