Instrumentation

the Tempter/Abbot(T),the Father(B-Bar),the Elder Son(Bar),the Younger Son(T),Chorus of Servants(3T, 3 Bar, 2B), 5 Young Servants (trebles) afl(=fl) - horn.tpt - viola.bass - harp - perc(1): 5small untuned drums/ch.cym/conical gourd rattle/largeuntuned gong/wdbl - perc(on stage): small drum/cyms/tamb/sistrum/small bell-lyra - chamber organ

Availability

Full score 0571506828, rehearsal score (eng/ger) 0571502318, libretto 0571502709 on sale, rehearsal score (eng/it) and parts for hire

The Prodigal Son (Libretto)

Benjamin Britten, William Plomer

£8.50

The Prodigal Son (Orchestra/Chorus/Soloists)

Benjamin Britten, William Plomer

£45.00

The Prodigal Son

Bockenheimer Depot (Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany)

Peter Marsh/Magnús Baldvinsson/Domen Križaj/Jonathan Abernethy/Frankfurter Museumorchester

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The Prodigal Son

Bockenheimer Depot (Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany)

Peter Marsh/Magnús Baldvinsson/Domen Križaj/Jonathan Abernethy/Frankfurter Museumorchester

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The Prodigal Son

Bockenheimer Depot (Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany)

Peter Marsh/Magnús Baldvinsson/Domen Križaj/Jonathan Abernethy/Frankfurter Museumorchester

The Prodigal Son

Bockenheimer Depot (Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany)

Peter Marsh/Magnús Baldvinsson/Domen Križaj/Jonathan Abernethy/Frankfurter Museumorchester

The Prodigal Son

Bockenheimer Depot (Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany)

Peter Marsh/Magnús Baldvinsson/Domen Križaj/Jonathan Abernethy/Frankfurter Museumorchester

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'The Prodigal Son' reviews

'The Prodigal Son is the third of Britten's triptych of Church Parables. Each work is at once a ritual drama which strikes deeper at each enactment; a human drama which takes on new shades and shifts its inner tensions as the casts change; and a multilayered musical score which reveals new, beautiful secretes in its making each time it is heard.' Andrew Porter, The Observer
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