Britten and Pears Perform Britten Folksong Arrangements, Japan 1956

Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears perform three folksongs in a recital broadcast by NHK. 1956
0:01. The Miller of Dee
2:18. The Salley Gardens
5:19. Little Sir William

[@surisuri8993]

Britten's unbelievable technical ability... I never tire of listening to him.

[@mckavitt13]

Lovely collaboration of this couple, partners in music & life. I only wish the camera focussed much more on Britten's wonderfully sensitive hands... but perhaps he asked the cameraman not to... as he could be v shy.

[@FranTenor]

Amazing. Thank you so much.

[@Thatsgay123]

Nice!