benedict wrote a march for the wedding of albert edward, prince of wales and alexandra of denmark in 1863. "st cecilia", an oratorio, was performed at the norwich festival in 1868; "st peter" at the birmingham festival of 1870; "graziella", a cantata, was given at the birmingham festival of 1882, and in august 1883 was produced in operatic form at the crystal palace. here also a symphony by him was given in 1873. in the autumn of 1875, benedict corresponded with w. s. gilbert about collaborating on a comic opera with him, but gilbert had too many projects and the idea was dropped.