Songs from the Chinese for high voice and guitar, Op 58

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With strange and unsettling music, Britten unites six translated Chinese poems with guitar and creates a commentary on Youth's transience: "Don’t think about the sorrows of the world, you will only make yourself wretched." Composer: Benjamin Britten Performer: Robin Tritschler (Tenor) Performer: Sean Shibe (Guitar) Recording date: 28 September 2013 Date of broadcast: 07 September 2014