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British composer
- piano
- light music
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- composer
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The British Light Music Collection 1 (Gavin Sutherland)
The British Light Music Collection 1CD1: British Light Music. World Premieres [Vol.1]1.01. Malcolm Arnold: The Roots of Heaven - Overture [5'03]1.02. - 1.08. William Alwyn: Suite of Scottish Dances [7'43]1.09. Malcolm Sargent: An Impression on a Windy Day [7'14]1.10. Clifton Parker: The Glass Slipper - Overture [3'12]1.11. James Langley: The Coloured Counties [5'52]1.12. Gordon Jacob: The Barber Of Seville Goes To The Devil - Overture [4'29]1.13. Maurice Johnstone: Tarn Hows. A Cumbrian Rhapsody [13'56]1.14. Alan Langford: Two Worlds - Overture [5'12]1.15. - 1.19. Richard Rodney Bennett: Little Suite [9'42]1.20. David Lyon: Joie de vivre - Overture [6'50]CD2: British Light Music Discoveries Vol.22.01 - 2.03. Malcolm Arnold: Little Suite No. 4, op.80a [7'34]2.04. Wiliam Blezard: The River [6'11]2.05. - 2.10. Adrian Cruft: Traditional Hornpipe Suite [7'04]2.11. Eric Fenby: Rossini on Ilkley moor - Overture [6'36]2.12. - 2.15. Raymond Warren: Wexford Bells Suite [11'33]2.16. Arthur Butterworth: The Path Across the Moors [6'42]2.17. - […]
2020-01-31 14:36:44
[…] University of Oxford: Beethoven Great and Small3.15pm - 4.15pmProfessor Daniel Leech-Wilkinson – King’s College, London: Treating Beethoven as Shakespeare4.30pm – 5.30pmProfessor Dr Christine Siegert – Beethoven Haus Bonn: Gender and Space in Beethoven’s Incidental Music to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ‘Egmont’Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford Friday 7 February 2020:J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion, Erbarme dich, mein GottBeethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A III. Presto (excerpt)Dvořák: Serenade for Strings (excerpt)Alexander Armstrong (presenter and singer), Paul Blezard (interviewer), Orchestra of St John’s/ John LubbockWigmore Hall, London1.00pm Friday 7 February 2020:Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A majorBridge: Cello Sonata in D minorJoanna Gutowska (cello), Anna Szalucka (piano)Charlton House, London1.00pm Friday 7 February 2020:Mozart: Don Giovanni OvertureBeethoven: Piano Concerto No.4, Symphony No.6Alfredo Ovalles (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Marta GardolińskaPortsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth7.30pm The best recordings of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony Friday 7 February 2020:Beethoven: String Quartet no. 9 in C major, String Quartet […]
2015-11-13 09:00:46
1951
[…] performance of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress (8.111266-67 ), conducted by the composer himself. Two years later, Stravinsky conducted the work again, this time in New York with a cast from the city’s Metropolitan Opera, and here’s an excerpt from that occasion : With air commanding and weapon handy from Act I Scene 2. I’m going to end with a short piece which is a far cry from all these blockbusters. The name of William Blezard may be unfamiliar to you, but he’s worth researching. The British composer of light music rubbed shoulders with so many of the UK’s theatrical luminaries of the last century that I won’t begin to list them here. To end this Thought for the Week, here’s a clip from his magical Duetto (8.555069 ) composed, of course, in that vintage year of 1951.
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