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Commemorations 2025 (Death: William Linley)
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2023-09-25 04:00:00
English Classical Violin Concertos (Peter Holman, The Parley of Instruments)
James Brooks (1760-1809) Violin Concerto No. 1 in D majorThomas Linley Jr (1756-1778) Violin Concerto in F major; Thomas Shaw (1755-1830) Violin Concerto in G major Samuel Wesly (1766-1837) Violin Concerto No. 2 in D majorPeter Holman, The Parley of Instruments(Period Instruments)Hyperion CDA66865 (1996)[Flac & Scans]
2023-09-03 04:00:00
Linley: Music for the Tempest; Three Cantatas (Paul Nicholson, The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra)
Thomas Linley Jr (1756-1778)Music for The Tempest (1777)Overture to The Duenna (Comic Opera in One Act-1775) In yonder groveYe nymphs of Albion's beauty-blooming isle Daughter of Heav'n, fair art thou! (Darthula)Julia Gooding, Soprano; Paul Goodwin, OboePaul Nicholson, The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra(Period Instruments)Hyperion CDA66767 (1995)[Flac & Scans]
2020-07-13 07:08:10
The Invention of English Opera: the surprising history of opera in 17th century England, part one, from masques to dramatic-opera
[…] well, before her gallants, or at least her envious sex."King Arthur was revived at least twice during Purcell's lifetime and continued to be performed in the later 1690s. The first major revival in the eighteenth century was staged in 1736. This production left the work unaltered, but later revivals involved varying degrees of revision. They included a performance in Dublin in 1763; David Garrick and Thomas Arne's version in 1770; and John Kemble and Thomas Linley's transformation of King Arthur into a two-act after-piece entitled Arthur and Emmeline in 1784 Dorset Gardens Theatre where Purcell's The Fairy Queen was first performed Its follow-up, The Fairy-Queen (1692) is a semi-opera with music by Henry Purcell and a libretto which is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Fairy-Queen was first performed on 2 May 1692 at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden in London by […]
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