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British organist and songwriter (1805-1876)
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2020-04-27 07:32:06
In search of Elijah: an exploration of the premiere of Mendelssohn's oratorio in Birmingham and its first performers
[…] in which to shine.The 1846 festival covered four days in total, 25 to 28 August 1848 with the following programmes:Morning: 25 August 1846: Haydn: The Creation and four Rossini arias 26 August 1846: Mendelssohn, Elijah ( first performance). In Part III Handel's Coronation Anthem and arias by Mozart and Cimaroso. 27 August 1846: Handel: The Messiah 28 August 1846: Part I Beethoven, Grand Mass in D. Part II Various organ works performed by Dr Gauntlett and arias. Evening: 26 August 1846: Grand Miscellaneous Concert including in Part I Beethoven's Symphony in A, Moscheles Fantasia Piano Forte with himself as soloist and various songs/arias. In Part II Spohr's Faust Overture and various songs/arias. 27 August 1846: Second Miscellaneous Concert. Part I various songs/arias and overtures by Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart and Rossini. In Part II The music to Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream and various songs/arias. As the new work for the […]
2019-12-12 07:43:24
Christmas CD Round up
[…] and new ones, all lustily sung by the young professionals of the London Choral Sinfonia, which means that the lovely descants are all thrillingly in place. But there are also new and not so new novelties by Carol Canning, Peter Maxwell Davies, Richard Pantcheff, Robert Saxton, Humphrey Clucas, Thomas Wilson and Gabriel Jackson, alongside modern classics by William Matthias, Peter Warlock, John Ireland and more.London Choral SinfoniaAndrew Carter, William Mathias, Carol Canning, John West, HJ Gauntlett, David Willcocks, Peter Warlock, Peter Maxwell Davies, Richard Pantcheff, JF Wade, Thomas Wilson, Robert Saxton, Jonathan Rathbone, Humphrey Clucas, Martin Neary, Paul Edwards, Mendelssohn, John Ireland, Adolphe Adam, Max Pappenheim, Gabriel Jackson, Thomas OliversSam Lewis, Adam Stockbridge (trumpet)Matthew Fletcher (piano)Max Pappenheim (organ)Michael WaldronORCHID CLASSICS ORC100110 1CD [71:53] Now may we singen: This disc of music for Advent and Christmas combines anthems, carols and motets with a seasonal theme, arranged to roughly take us through […]
2017-11-16 00:30:00
John Shirley-Quirk - English Song
[…] [2'49]The Songs of John Ireland^06. - 10. Five Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy [9'14]11. - 16. Songs Sacred and Profane [7'53]17. Santa Chiara [2'34]18. The Heart's Desire [1'55]19. The Merry Month of May [1'34]20. Spring Sorrow [1'22]21. The Sacred Flame [1'40]22. Great Things [2'04]23. Love and Friendship [2'16]24. Friendship [1'43]25. I Have Twelve Oxen [1'55]John Shirley-Quirk- bass-baritone with Viola Tunnard*, Martin Isepp# and Eric Parkin^- pianos; Purcell & Humfrey - Martin Isepp- harpsichord, Ambrose Gauntlett- viola da gamba, Nona Liddell & Ivor McMahon- violins.Heritage HTGCD283/4 (recording dates unknown; originally issued as three mono Saga LPs - XID5211, XID5260 & XID 5207 between 1963 to 1966; this CD issue 2014)(digital download; flacs, cover and booklet scans)Recrding venues, engineers and producers: Not disclosed The great British bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk (who died in 2014) began his recording career with these issues for the small budget record label Saga - noted for its […]
2017-09-12 15:29:47
Norwich panto writer and regular Dame Richard Gauntlett has another theatrical love, the comic operas of Gilbert & Sullivan. As he returns to the Theatre Royal to star in three of their most famous shows, he tells us more.
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