Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Passacaglia from Peter Grimes (1945)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1945
    • Duration: 7 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 33b
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 percussionists, 1 timpani, 1 harp, strings

Premiere information

Table of contents

  1. Dawn
  2. Sunday Morning
  3. Moonlight
  4. Storm