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British opera singer
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- soprano
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- opera singer
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2024-04-25
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2022-12-01 10:33:55
The singer, a major figure in mid-century British music, is to be remembered with a plaque at her North London home
2022-07-01 04:00:00
Holst: Orchestral Works x 2 (Nicholas Braithwaite)
Gustav Holst:01 - 03 Brook Green Suite [7'07]04 Lyric Movement for viola and orchestra^ [10'41]05 - 07 Fugal Concerto for flute, oboe and strings, op.40 no.2* [8'30]08 - 14 Morris Dance Tunes [11'51]15 - 18 St. Paul's Suite, op.29 no.2 [13'03]Alexa Still- flute & Stephen Popperwell- oboe*, Vyvyan Yendoll- viola^, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nicholas BraithwaiteKoch Classics 3-7058-2 [recorded December 1990; CD issued 1991][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: Adams Concert Room, School of Music, University of Victoria, Wellington, NZRecording engineer: Ray Carr; Producer: Michael Fine01 Walt Whitman. Overture, op.7 H.42 [7'14]02 - 05 Suite de ballet in E-flat major, op.10 H.43 [19'43]06 - 08 (orch. Gordon Jacob) Suite No. 1 in E-flat major, op.28 no.1 [10'12]09 - 12 (orch. Gordon Jacob) Suite No. 2 in F major, op.28 no.2 [11'18]13 - 15 (orch. Gordon Jacob) A Moorside Suite [15.01]London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by […]
2020-04-28 23:00:00
Britten conducts Britten
Britten conducts BrittenVol. 1 Operas 1Benjamin Britten (1913-76)Albert HerringBilly BuddOwen WingravePeter GrimesJanet Baker, Owen Brannigan, April CanteloLauris Elms, Geraint Evans, Sylvia FisherPeter Glossop, Heather Harper, Michael LangdonNorma Lumsden, Benjamin Luxon, Peter PearsNigel Rogers, John Shirley-Quirk, Robert TearJennifer Vyvyan, Claire Watson, Jean WatsonAmbrosian SingersWandsworth School Boys’ ChoirRoyal Opera House Covent GardenLondon Symphony OrchestraEnglish Chamber OrchestraVol. 2 Operas 2 A Midsummer Night's Dream Death in Venice Gloriana Phaedra The Rape of Lucretia The Turn of the Screw John Mark Ainsley, Richard van Allan, Elizabeth Bainbridge Janet Baker, Josephine Barstow, James Bowman Owen Brannigan, Joan Cross, Alfred Deller Heather Harper, Elizabeth Harwood, Thomas Hemsley Peter Hoare, Della Jones, Yvonne Kenny Philip Langridge, Norman Lumsden, Benjamin Luxon Arda Mandikian, Alan Opie, Peter Pears John Shirley-Quirk, Jonathan Summers, Robert Tear BrynTerfel, Josephine Veasey, Jennifer Vyvyan Janice Watson, Helen Watts, Willard White English Chamber Orchestra English Opera Group London Symphony Orchestra Steuart Bedford Charles Mackerras […]
2020-04-23 05:18:00
British Music for Viola and Orchestra (CD review)
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra (Group 1); Howells: Elegy; Walton: Viola Concerto; Bowen: Viola Concerto. Helen Callus, viola; string quartet comprising Mesa-Matti Leppanen and David Gilling, violin; Vyvyan Yendoll, viola; David Chickering, cello (principal players of NZSO); Marc Taddei, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Naxos 8.573876. By Karl W. NehringNot only do viola players sometimes lament not having available to them nearly the noteworthy repertoire that composers have heaped upon their colleagues who play the violin and cello, they have to endure hearing knee-slappers such as: "Q: What do you call a violin player who does not practice enough? A: A prospective violist." No wonder that Nobel Prize Laureate Bob Dylan once nearly sang, "I pity the poor viola player, whose strength is spent in vain" and Mr. T once nearly observed, "I pity the fool who takes up the viola." British-born violist Helen Callus, now a Professor of Viola […]
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