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English composer and organist
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2023-12-18 08:39:00
Pandora's Box: great tunes, a neat moral, energetic performances, London Youth Opera premieres Stuart Hancock & Donald Sturrock's new opera
[…] Wakeman) is celebrating her 18th birthday with her friends Narcissus (Acadia Steen-Recanati) and Echo (Lily Harris), and her parents (Toby Duchen and Allegra Clement-Davies). Prometheus (Charlie Swann) decides to give her an extra present, a box containing a spark from the sacred flame, but Hermes (Leia Joyce) and Proteus (Cassia Corominaas Mieville) play a trick and include extra, not so nice gifts, from the gods, Pluto (Sherae Callum), Aphrodite (Indigo Corominas Mieville) and Hera (Amelie Reeve). The gods are largely selfish, with Zeus (Mahala De Santana Santos Todd) a bad-tempered slob, and only Athena (Ella Cox) seems to have the remotest bit of integrity. The arrival of the box causes consternation as Pandora and her friends open the gifts, but all is resolved. Pandora and Prometheus even look forward together.In the pit there was a small orchestra of ten based on the Odyssey Festival Orchestra. The company fielded over […]
2023-07-14 00:00:00
Richard Rodney Bennett, Arthur Bliss, George Butterworth & Gustav Holst: The British Music Collections
[…] 1992])London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult (2.05-2.08 [March 1961])BBC Chorus and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult (2.09 [March 1962])Grimethorpe Colliery Band conducted by Elgar Howarth (2.10 [June 1976])Decca 470191-2 (recorded 1961 to 1992; this compilation first issued 2001) [digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Kingsway Hall, London (1.01-1.17, 2.05-2.09), Ordway Hall, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (1.18-2.04), Town Hall Huddersfield, UK (2.10). Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson (1.01-1.17), Jonathan Stokes (1.18-2.04), Alan Reeve (2.05-2.09), Michael Mailes (2.10).Producers: David Harvey (1.01-1.17), Paul Myers (1.18-2.04), Christopher Raeburn (2.05-2.09), James Mallinson (2.10).Download from Mega.
2020-04-30 23:00:00
Adrian Boult: Holst - Choral and Orchestral Works (HDTT)
Gustav Holst:01. The Hymn of Jesus, op.37* [21'40]02. The Ballet from The Perfect Fool, op.39 [10'40]03. Egdon Heath, op.47 [12'50]BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian BoultHDTT 3811 (recorded March 1961 and March 1962*; first issued in Europe as Decca LP SXL6006 in 1962)(digital download; 24bit/96kHz flacs; booklet, cover and inlay scans)Recording venue: Kingsway Hall, LondonRecording engineer: Alan Reeve; Producer: Christopher RaeburnA download of this HDTT release briefly appeared in the c-box in a 24bit/192kHz version. Here it is again in a different download as the music, performances and recorded sound are of such high quality that they deserve a more permanent home.According to the HDTT website, this digital transfer was made from a London 4-track tape and the recording team is given as Kenneth Wilkinson with Ray Minshull and Michael Bremner. Conversely, the Decca CD issues that I have give the recording team shown above. I […]
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2018-05-15 11:45:33
Actress Margot Kidder, 69
Her most famous film performances were as Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the Superman franchise and as a lead in The Amityville Horror; she was also known for what she later called "the biggest nervous breakdown in history, bar possibly Vivien Leigh's."
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