@Dulciethecat Are you a Britten fan? Flanders was disappointed that Britten never went to one of thier concerts!! Sending him up like this - no wonder. Did Benjie have a sense of humour?
@jonjamg Yes I'm a bit of a Benjie fan. He definitely had a sense of humour, but he was VERY sensitive about his music, and about Peter! The audience in this clip seems to get all the jokes, but I bet people wouldn't now. The line 'It made Joan Cross' isn't a reference to Joan Sutherland though. Joan Cross was the lead soprano in Peter Grimes and Gloriana.
@Dulciethecat Yes if you check 3:52 you can see I had put up Joan's name just in case! Flanders explained that he was told the people in the Provinces would not get this song - but they did!! Britten was very popular and well known in those days! (not so much today unfortunately)
thank you for posting this...totally new to me...how could I have missed it??
jumbodwj 5 months ago
@jumbodwj Don't know - I have had it for about 30 years! LOL
jonjamg 5 months ago
I thought I knew all of Flanders and Swann's works, but this was new to me, and as I'm a Britten fan it made my day!
RosciusAtrox 5 months ago
@RosciusAtrox Helps with the enjoyment if you know something about Benjie! This was a BBC Radio Broadcast.
jonjamg 5 months ago
Great stuff - I knew the words but hadn't heard the recording. Thank you!
Dulciethecat 5 months ago
@Dulciethecat Are you a Britten fan? Flanders was disappointed that Britten never went to one of thier concerts!! Sending him up like this - no wonder. Did Benjie have a sense of humour?
jonjamg 5 months ago
@jonjamg Yes I'm a bit of a Benjie fan. He definitely had a sense of humour, but he was VERY sensitive about his music, and about Peter! The audience in this clip seems to get all the jokes, but I bet people wouldn't now. The line 'It made Joan Cross' isn't a reference to Joan Sutherland though. Joan Cross was the lead soprano in Peter Grimes and Gloriana.
Dulciethecat 5 months ago
@Dulciethecat Yes if you check 3:52 you can see I had put up Joan's name just in case! Flanders explained that he was told the people in the Provinces would not get this song - but they did!! Britten was very popular and well known in those days! (not so much today unfortunately)
jonjamg 5 months ago