Butterfield sings Britten, Bach, and Brett Dean at Yellow Barn

Benjamin Butterfield
Written By Carrie Sykes

On Wednesday July 31, tenor Benjamin Butterfield brings to life Benjamin Britten’s Winter Words, a setting of eight poems by Thomas Hardy; J.S. Bach’s “Sei getreu” from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 on Thursday August 1 and Mark Applebaum’s Control Freak on August 2. On Saturday August 3, Butterfield sings Winter Songs by Brett Dean, whom he has been working with directly.

Full schedule here.

Carrie Sykes
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