Editing Benjamin Britten (section)

===Centenary===
In September 2012, to mark the composer's forthcoming centenary, the Britten-Pears Foundation launched "Britten 100", a collaboration of leading organisations in the performing arts, publishing, broadcasting, film, academia and heritage.<ref>[http://www.britten100.org/whats-going-on/news/britten-100-media-launch "It's begun – Biggest ever celebration of a British composer underway"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130104507/http://www.britten100.org/whats-going-on/news/britten-100-media-launch |date=30 November 2012}}, Britten100, Britten-Pears Foundation, accessed 24 May 2013.</ref> Among the events were the release of a feature film ''Benjamin Britten – Peace and Conflict'',<ref>French, Philip. [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/may/26/benjamin-britten-peace-conflict-review "Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict – review"], ''The Observer'', 26 May 2013</ref> and a centenary exhibition at the [[British Library]].<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2013/may/the-british-library-explores-benjamin-brittens-literary-poetic-and-musical-influences-with-a-new-exh "Poetry in Sound: The Music of Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412074554/https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2013/may/the-british-library-explores-benjamin-brittens-literary-poetic-and-musical-influences-with-a-new-exh |date=12 April 2021}}, The British Library, accessed 11 June 2016</ref> The [[Royal Mint]] issued a [[Fifty pence (British coin)|50-pence]] piece, to mark the centenary – the first time a composer has featured on a British coin.<ref>[http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/royal-mint-unveils-commemorative-britten-coin "Royal Mint unveils commemorative Britten coin"] ''Gramophone'', 1 September 2013</ref>

Centenary performances of the ''War Requiem'' were given at eighteen locations in Britain. Opera productions included ''Owen Wingrave'' at Aldeburgh, ''Billy Budd'' at Glyndebourne, ''Death in Venice'' by [[English National Opera]], ''Gloriana'' by [[The Royal Opera]], and ''Peter Grimes'', ''Death in Venice'' and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' by [[Opera North]].<ref name="events">[http://www.britten100.org/whats-going-on/events/worldwide?title=&type=&perf=&radius=20&near=&place=&date_from=&date_to=&n=50 "Britten events worldwide"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225062247/http://www.britten100.org/whats-going-on/events/worldwide?title=&type=&perf=&radius=20&near=&place=&date_from=&date_to=&n=50 |date=25 December 2014}}, Britten100, Britten-Pears Foundation, accessed 15 June 2013</ref> ''Peter Grimes'' was performed on the beach at Aldeburgh, opening the 2013 Aldeburgh Festival in June 2013, with [[Steuart Bedford]] conducting and singers from the Chorus of [[Opera North]] and the Chorus of the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]],<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-22938641 "In pictures: Britten's Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh beach"], BBC, 18 June, accessed 11 June 2016</ref> described by ''[[The Guardian]]'' as "a remarkable, and surely unrepeatable achievement."<ref>Clement, Andrew. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/18/peter-grimes-on-the-beach-aldeburgh-festival-review "Grimes on the Beach"], ''The Guardian'', 19 June 2013, accessed 11 June 2016</ref>

Internationally, the anniversary was marked by performances of the ''War Requiem'', ''Peter Grimes'' and other works in four continents. In the US the centennial events were described as "coast to coast", with a Britten festival at [[Carnegie Hall]], and performances at the [[New York Philharmonic]], the [[Metropolitan Opera]] and [[Los Angeles Opera]].<ref>[[Anthony Tommasini|Tommasini, Anthony]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/arts/music/britten-at-100-an-originals-legacy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Britten at 100: An Original's Legacy"], ''The New York Times'', 7 June 2013, accessed 11 June 2016</ref>