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Friendship with Rostropovich
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Benjamin Britten - A Life in Pictures
26. Friendship with Rostropovich
Britten composed his cello suites, Cello Symphony and Cello Sonata for Mstislav Rostropovich, who premiered them at the Aldeburgh Festival. Here they are seen together in 1963, rehearsing in Moscow. Image courtesy of www.britten100.org.
