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Alistair McGowan raises funds and plenty of laughs for Lowestoft’s Britten as a Boy statue
The comedian, impressionist and pianist entertained a packed audience at Lowestoft’s Players Theatre.
Southwold Art Circle gives generous support
Ruth Wharrier and Zeb Soanes receive a cheque from the Southwold Art Circle.
Lewisham concert raises £1700 for statue
An intimate fundraising concert in Lewisham raised nearly £1700 for Britten as a Boy, with a programme of Britten’s music, interwoven with readings by BBC Radio 3’s Donald Macleod and David Pickard, director of the BBC Proms.
The friend of Britten, who helped launch our fundraising
Zeb Soanes remembers Lady Penn, who was an early and enthusiastic supporter of the Britten as a Boy campaign.
Alistair McGowan’s Piano Show ‘a real coup for Lowestoft'
One of the UK’s most popular entertainers, Alistair McGowan will be coming to Lowestoft on March 16th to support the Britten as a boy statue.
LOWESTOFT JOURNAL
Kirkley Poor’s Land Estate becomes a ‘Named Donor’
The Kirkley Poor’s Land Estate Trust has become a ‘Named Donor’ by supporting the Britten as a Boy statue.
Lowestoft Folk Night raises over £2000 for statue
In an evening of live folk music at The Players Theatre in Lowestoft, musicians from Suffolk and across the UK gave their music and talent to raise funds for Britten as a Boy and create a very special evening.
Lowestoft's Britten as a Boy fundraiser passes halfway point
A campaign has raised half the money needed for a statue commemorating Benjamin Britten.
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Britten Development Day for Suffolk Teachers
Teachers from schools across Suffolk attended a development day to learn how to use Benjamin Britten’s music to inspire composition in their classrooms.
Spectacular Wigmore Hall gala raises £20,000 for Lowestoft’s ‘Britten as a Boy’ statue
On Friday the Wigmore Hall was filled for a spectacular gala to raise funds for Lowestoft’s Britten as a Boy Statue. Dame Janet Baker, Sir Thomas Allen, Tasmin Little and Alistair McGowan were among the stars who gave their support.
Mhairi Lawson gives her support to Britten as a Boy
The wonderful Mhairi Lawson, gives her support to Britten as a Boy by singing the first Britten song she ever learned.
Westminster Abbey Chronicle: Britten in Bronze
An 18” bronze cast of Britten as a Boy is to be presented to the Westminster Abbey Choir School later this year by the former Sub-Dean, David Hutt, to mark his 85th birthday in August.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHRONICLE
Wigmore Hall Fundraising Gala
A dazzling array of musical stars including Dame Janet Baker, Sir Thomas Allen and Tasmin Little CBE, celebrate Britten’s legacy, raising funds for Lowestoft’s Britten as a Boy statue.
Own a Britten Bronze
Own your own scale bronze of Ian Rank-Broadley’s life-sized statue of Britten as a Boy. Available in heights of 18”, 24” and 36”. Strictly limited editions of 10 bronzes in each size, 30 in total.
Britten’s great-nieces become project patrons
Britten’s great-nieces, Sophie Blake and Tamara Britten have become patrons of the Britten as a Boy project.
Meet Britten as a boy
After a lifetime of benevolent haunting by the great composer Benjamin Britten, Zeb Soanes has helped commission a statue of his home-town hero.
COUNTRY LIFE
Adnams Launch Britten Whisky
To support the fundraising initiative for the statue, Adnams has released a limited-edition Britten as a Boy whisky, which has been matured in French Oak and finished in a Burgundy wine barrel. All profits from its sale will go towards the project.
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Lowestoft to get Benjamin Britten statue
The English costal town of Lowestoft is set to celebrate composer and Lowestoft native, Benjamin Britten, with a statue of the composer as a boy.
CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE
Remembering musicians, who give us so much
Remembering musicians, who give us so much. From celebrating them in sculpture to playing their music, let's tell of their achievements.
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
Benjamin Britten to be honoured with statue in Lowestoft
A fundraising campaign for a statue to commemorate composer Benjamin Britten in the town of his birth has started.
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