What is the fine-grained topic of the following text: Recounting the cradle-to-grave story of the patron saint of children and mariners (topics close to Britten’s heart), it is full of strikingly simple but subtly achieved effects – a sequence of haunting tenor solos (Andrew Kennedy), the incorporation of such well-known congregational hymns as “All People that on Earth do Dwell”, which Britten excitingly re-harmonised, and the juxtaposition of children’s and adult choirs in an ecstatic “Alleluia”. Only return the topic.
Britten's musical portrayal of the patron saint of children and mariners