It also appears in the first two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. It appears in Wes Anderson's film Moonrise Kingdom (2012), which prominently features many pieces by Britten. Many themes of the symphony are also used for the soundtrack Bad Blood (1986) by Leos Carax. In 1944, the choreographer Walter Gore created a ballet also entitled Simple Symphony for the Ballet Rambert. The third movement samples a traditional Swedish melody heard also in the popular Christian hymn “How Great Thou Art”. Prominent in this popular theme are eight notes which sound familiar as echoing the opening of "Barwick Green", the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme, "The Archers", written in 1924 by Arthur Wood. The second movement is popular with mandolin players as it is pizzicato. 25, Prelude (Allegro di molto) – Waltz for piano (1923), (Tempo di valse) IV. 5, Scherzo and Trio (Molto vivace) – Song (1924) The Road Song of the "Bandar-Log" ('Here we go in a flung festoon', text by Rudyard Kipling), for voice and piano. Playful Pizzicato – Scherzo (piano) (1924) Sonata for piano in B flat major, op. 1 in E for piano (18 October 1925), second movement (Bourrée: Allegro vivace) – Song (Song) (1923) A Country Dance ('Now the King is home again'), text from Tennyson's The Foresters, for voice and piano. The symphony has four movements, each quoting themes from two earlier works by Britten: He completed his final draft of this piece at age twenty. The piece is based on eight themes which Britten wrote during his childhood (two per movement) and for which he had a particular fondness. The piece is dedicated to Audrey Alston (Mrs Lincolne Sutton), Britten's viola teacher during his childhood. It received its first performance in 1934 at Stuart Hall in Norwich, with Britten conducting an amateur orchestra. The F major Finale is a lilting 3/8 jig that is easy to count in. It was written between December 1933 and February 1934 in Lowestoft, using material that the composer had written as a young teenager, between 19. The Grave (about 1:20) lets your players show their slow, esspresivo side in a doleful D minor. 4, is a work for string orchestra or string quartet by Benjamin Britten. For the symphony by Carl Nielsen, see Symphony No.
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