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Peter Pears

Peter Pears has been played on NTS shows including Slime w/ Little, with Rast first played on 6 September 2016.

Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears (Farnham, 22 June 1910 – Aldeburgh, 3 April 1986) was an English tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten.

He was educated at Lancing College and went on to study music at Keble College, Oxford, serving as organist at Hertford College, but left without taking his degree. He later studied voice for two terms at the Royal College of Music.

He met Britten in 1936, when he was a member of the BBC Singers. Pears and Britten gave their first…

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Cycle For Declamation
Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Viola Tunnard, Alan Bush, Joan Dickson
Argo1977
Cycle For Declamation
Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Viola Tunnard, Alan Bush, Joan DicksonArgo1977
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O Waly, Waly
Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten
Decca1962
O Waly, Waly
Peter Pears, Benjamin BrittenDecca1962
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I Will Give My Love An Apple
Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Osian Ellis
Decca1977
I Will Give My Love An Apple
Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Osian EllisDecca1977
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Rast
Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Schubert, Schumann
Decca0
Rast
Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Schubert, SchumannDecca0
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Folk Song Arrangements
Peter Pears, Julian Bream, Britten, Racine Fricker, Walton
Newton Classics, Sony Classical2012
Folk Song Arrangements
Peter Pears, Julian Bream, Britten, Racine Fricker, WaltonNewton Classics, Sony Classical2012
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Winter Words, Op. 52
Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
Decca1986
Winter Words, Op. 52
Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis BrainDecca1986
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Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings, Op. 31
Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
Decca1986
Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings, Op. 31
Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis BrainDecca1986
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St. John Passion
Bach, Pears, Howell, Harper, Hodgson, Tear, Shirley-Quirk, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Decca1972
St. John Passion
Bach, Pears, Howell, Harper, Hodgson, Tear, Shirley-Quirk, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin BrittenDecca1972
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Corpus Christi
Ann Wood, Peter Pears, BBC Chorus, Leslie Woodgate
Divine Art2009
Corpus Christi
Ann Wood, Peter Pears, BBC Chorus, Leslie WoodgateDivine Art2009
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