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English composer (1915-1982)
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2022-12-09 00:00:00
Variations by Nineteen British Composers & Four Film Scores (Jac van Steen)
Themes & Variations - Variations by Nineteen British Composers01 - 07 Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (1953) [16'21] Theme 'Sellenger's Round' (William Byrd arr. Imogen Holst)Variations by Arthur Oldham, Michael Tippett, Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten, Humphrey Searle and William Walton.08 - 13 Severn Bridge Variations (1966) [18'54]Theme 'Braint' Variations by Malcolm Arnold, Alun Hoddinott, Nicholas Maw, Daniel Jones, Grace Williams and Michael Tippett.14 - 20 Variations on 'Sumer Is Icumen In' (1987) [19'59] Theme (Oliver Knussen)Variations by Robert Saxton, Robin Holloway, Judith Weir, Alexander Goehr, Colin Matthews and Finale by David BedfordBBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jac van SteenNMC CD062 [recorded March 1999; issued 2001][digital download; flacs, cover booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, LondonRecording engineers: Tryggvi Tryggvason and Andrew Hallifax; Producer: Colin MatthewsAnd four British film scores from the same team:Love from a Stranger01 - 06 Benjamin Britten: Love from a Stranger [10'21]07 - 14 Roberto […]
2022-07-16 12:59:29
Not a kilt in sight: Jacopo Spirei's fascinating production of Rossini's La donna de lago at Buxton
[…] work, his entrance both bravura and vivid. I have rarely heard this style of music sung with such relish.David Ireland's Duglas came a poor fifth in the music stakes, important dramatically, he had few major musical moments. Yet, Ireland was a strong presence, commanding yet sung with warm tones. The smaller roles were well taken. Fiona Finsbury was a discreet yet important presence as Albina whilst two members of the chorus, Robert Lewis and William Searle did sterling duty as Serano and Bertram.Musically, this opera is a stretch for a small company. There are multiple choral groups in the Act One finale, and Rossini uses an extensive stage band (12 instruments I think). Buxton fielded its performers with complete aplomb, the chorus of 21 made up of chorus members and young artist, the stage band supplied by members of the young instrumentalists programme (students from the Royal Northern College of […]
2022-07-08 09:08:48
Conway Hall's Autumn season of Sunday concerts returns on 2 October 2022 with eleven concerts and two pre-concert talks
Greenwich Piano Trio (Photo Peter Searle)Conway Hall's Autumn season of Sunday concerts returns on 2 October 2022 with eleven concerts and two pre-concert talks (one by yours truly), with repertoire that stretches from the 18th century to the present day. The season opens with the Primrose Piano Quartet in two masterpieces of the genre, Mozart's Piano Quartet in E♭ K.493 and Faure's Piano Quartet in C minor Op.15 plus music by Jean Francaix and Saint-Saens. This is followed on 9 October by the Minerva Piano Trio celebrating the release of their new album on SOMM, in a programme which pairs Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite, in an arrangement by the group's cellist Richard Birchall, with one of Birchall's own piece. They programme also features two classics of the repertoire, Haydn's Gypsy Rondo Trio and Beethoven's Ghost Trio, plus music by Caroline Shaw.This year is RVW's 150th birthday, so in Seeking Utopia violist Shiry Rashkovsky, pianist Viv McLean and author/narrator […]
2022-04-07 06:35:57
British Piano Concertos: Simon Callaghan revives six undeservedly neglected mid-Century works
British Piano Concertos: John Addison, Arthur Benjamin, Elizabeth Maconchy, Humphrey Searle, Edmund Rubbra, Geoffrey Bush; Simon Callaghan, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins; LYRITAReviewed 6 April 2022, (★★★★) An amazing disc, six works which have managed to fall under the radar, here revived in stylish and brilliant fashion This new disc from pianist Simon Callaghan, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Martyn Brabbins on Lyrita takes is firmly into mid-Century Britain with six concertante works by British (or UK-based) composers from 1927 to 1939. The composers are John Addison, Arthur Benjamin, Elizabeth Maconchy, Humphrey Searle, Edmund Rubbra and Geoffrey Bush. All but one of the six works are first recordings, which says something about the way 20th century British music still has a lot to reveal, beyond the composers in the standard narrative. We begin with John Addison and his Wellington Suite, written for the centenary of Wellington College […]
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