Young Apollo, Op. 16, is a music composition for piano and strings that was composed by Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...

. Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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, Britten completed the work in 1939; just after his arrival in the United States

United States

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. The work premiered on 27 August 1939 on CBC Radio

CBC Radio

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's Melodic Strings with Britten as soloist and Alexander Chuhaldin

Alexander Chuhaldin

Alexander Gregorovitch Chuhaldin was a Russian violinist, conductor, composer, and music educator. He spent his early career working in his native country but after 1927 he was active in Canada. His compositional output includes over 30 works for string orchestra; many of which were published by...

 conducting. Britten dedicated the work to Chuhaldin. The composer withdrew the work following this performance and the work had to wait until 1979 before it was performed again, this time at the Aldeburgh Festival

Aldeburgh Festival

The Aldeburgh Festival is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the Aldeburgh area of Suffolk, centred on the main concert hall at Snape Maltings...

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