What to expect The hub of the festival is Snape Maltings, a 19th–century brewery ... Orford and Aldeburgh, where Britten is buried. The festival programme had not been revealed at the time ...

Olivier Messiaen used birdsong to create some of the most startlingly original music of all time. Read the full story.

Under his leadership, Snape Maltings and Britten’s Aldeburgh base, the Red House, were united into Britten Pears Arts and have become a centre of artistic excellence. It has just launched a £13 ...