スイス・ロマンド管弦楽団
The work was premiered in Geneva on 1 September 1963 by soloists Peter Pears and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, with the Motet de Genève and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet. It was performed again at The Proms later that month, conducted by Britten himself.