Britten' song cycles form a substantial and important part of his work. The Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo belong to the period when Britten had begun to set foreign languages in an attempt to broaden his musical horizons.
16 Sonetto XXIV: Spirto Ben Nato, in Cui Si Specchia E Vede
17 At Day-Close in November
18 Midnight on the Great Western
19 Wagtail and Baby
20 The Little Old Table
21 The Choirmaster's Burial
22 Proud Songsters
23 At the Railway Station, Upway
24 Before Life and After
25 If It's Ever Spring Again
26 The Children and Sir Nameless
Britten' song cycles form a substantial and important part of his work. The Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo belong to the period when Britten had begun to set foreign languages in an attempt to broaden his musical horizons.