Spring Symphony

*Spring Symphony*
Spring Symphony
Choral symphony
by Benjamin Britten
	Britten in 1968
Opus	44
Text	songs by various poets
Language	English
Dedication	Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Performed	14 July 1949
Duration	45 min.
Scoring	soprano; alto; tenor; boys' choir; mixed choir; orchestra;

Spring Symphony is a choral symphony by Benjamin Britten, his Opus 44. The work is scored for soprano, alto and tenor soloists, mixed choir, boys' choir and orchestra.^[1] Britten used texts of several poems related to spring, mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries and also one by W. H. Auden.^[2] Britten dedicated the work to Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The work received its premiere in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam on 14 July 1949 as part of the Holland Festival

^ Stein, Erwin (Spring 1950). "Britten's Spring Symphony". Tempo. 15: 19–24. doi:10.1017/S0040298200043230. JSTOR 942357.
^ Bayan Northcott (5 March 1999). "Britten's spring awakening". Retrieved 12 April 2024.