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Celebrating the bicentenary of the death of William Herschel with premiere recordings of two of his trio sonatas
[…] developments be possible. William Herschel's 40 foot Grand Reflecting Telescope Herschel's musical output largely dates from the 1760s, including six symphonies, 18 symphonies for small orchestra, over a dozen concertos. Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players recorded six of the symphonies in 2003 [available from Amazon] but there is remarkably little else of Herschel's in the catalogue. Herschel died in 1822 in Slough and was buried at St Laurence's Church, Upton, Slough. Now the Slough based Dionysus Ensemble, has recorded two of Herschel's trio sonatas, transcribing them from the original manuscripts. These are available for streaming [Link Tree] and we hope that the recording spurs others to explore this music.
2018-10-10 11:15:32
Alan Davey discusses the upcoming season on BBC Radio 3
[…] poetry and music, and is a chance for the listener to pause the outside world and engage in a journey around the Black Forest. We’re not quite sure what the starting point will be yet but we’ve got the maps out. It will be part of Slow Radio, and will take place on Christmas Eve. Slow Radio is receiving its own dedicated slot. What will that entail? There are various programmes scheduled: Clocks at Upton House and Night at the Zoo. We’ll also listen to the sounds of Durham Cathedral at night and the Burren cattle blessing, which is an old ritual in County Galway where the herd move from one pasture to another. It happens at the same time every year, and apparently the sounds are magical. How would you explain Slow Radio to a newcomer? It’s an opportunity to step back from the world in order […]
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2017-06-08 00:07:42
Your Reaction: What did you think of #ROHashton live in cinemas and on BP Big Screens?
[…] seeing Symphonic Variations and I loooved it! Pure sunshine. @MNunezOfficial and Vadream are so gorgeous together #ROHAshton — Sweet Roubles (@Lil_butterball) June 7, 2017 .@TheRoyalBallet #ROHashton The Dream truly dreamy, Symphonic Variations simply visionary, M&A emotionally arresting, Zenaida is a star — Leah (@_leahtozer) June 7, 2017 Symphonic variations encapsulates such sleekness and grace like no other piece I've ever seen, inspired #ROHashton — Ryan Upton (@RyanUpton24) June 7, 2017 Bennet Gartside as Bottom and Akane Takada as Titania in The Dream, The Royal Ballet © 2017 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton #ROHashton wow, I wish I'd had enough words to write about this — Sarah Jones (@Sarah_thee_Elf) June 7, 2017 Holy mother of pointe shoes, Zenaida Yanowsky's performance was absolutely breathtaking. #ROHashton — Nemi (@AliceNemi) June 7, 2017 […]
2017-06-04 23:30:40
[…] Greenwood usually says that his biggest influences are Penderecki, Olivier Messiaen, Miles Davis, and Steve Reich, he also draws influence from Arvo Part, Aaron Copland, George Crumb, and many others. Greenwood composed the music to the film There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson. The opening track, entitled “Open Spaces,” sounds like something ripped from the bones of Aaron Copland or Samuel Barber, matching the premise of the film, which is based loosely on Upton Sinclair’s novel, Oil!. Several other film scores were composed in the years following, such as The Master, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Inherent Vice, but in 2011, Greenwood composed a piece in response to Penderecki’s Polymorphia, entitled 48 Responses to Polymorphia. This is the first piece that Greenwood references another composer outright; although his previous works certainly have influences, 48 Responses to Polymorphia is a reaction to Penderecki’s 1961 composition. Polymorphia is […]
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