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Canticle I: My beloved is mine, for high voice and piano, Op 40
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor)
Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)
Recording date: 11 April 2012
Date of broadcast: 14 January 2013
Britten composed a love song to life-partner Peter Pears, using an erotic lyric by 17th Century poet Francis Quarls, as inspiration. Boldly, the poem's six phrases emphatically ends: 'He is mine'.
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor)
Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)
Recording date: 11 April 2012
Date of broadcast: 14 January 2013
