Matinées musicales is a 1941 composition by Benjamin Britten using music composed by Gioachino Rossini in and around the 1830s.
In 1935 Benjamin Britten had composed the music for a five-minute short film by Lotte Reininger, called The Tocher.
[1] Using themes from works by Rossini composed a little over a century earlier, Britten wrote a score for boys' voices, woodwind, piano and percussion.
[2] He later reworked the music for a full orchestra and added two more movements based on Rossini.
[5] The premiere of Soirées musicales had taken place close to home (London);[3][6] the first performance of the music of Matinées musicales took place on 27 June 1941 in the Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), under the ballet orchestra's conductor, Emanuel Balaban.