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Frederick Delius Sir Thomas Beecham Sir Charles Groves Eric Fenby Verdi Randel Hallé Drury Richard Strauss Malcolm Sargent Berlioz Haydn Schubert Sibelius London Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Seattle Symphony Metropolitan Opera Covent Garden Camden Festival 1879 1899 1904 1932 1935 1938 1946 1961 1970 1971 1972 2007
Sir Thomas Beecham / London Philharmonic Orchestra / La Calinda from Koanga (Delius) / Recorded: February 11, 1938 / The first performance of Koanga was at Elberfeld on March 30, 1904, and was the first of Delius' operas to be performed. It was also the most labor-intensive with regard to the libretto, which was continually being revised. The opera was posthumously published in 1935. Sir Thomas Beecham directed a revival of Koanga on 23 September 1935 at Covent Garden. A later revival was in 1972 for the Camden Festival at Sadler's Wells, London, conducted by Sir Charles Groves. Douglas Craig and Andrew Page had worked extensively on revisions to a performing edition, which was used for the first complete commercial recording conducted by Groves. Robert Threlfall has examined revisions to the text of Koanga in its various editions. More recent revisions to the libretto have been by Olwen Wymark. The single most famous musical passage from the opera contains the melody known as La Calinda, which is the only part of the score that has remained famous in the concert hall. Eric Fenby, Delius' amanuensis, has spoken of the opera as follows: "Koanga is one of those singular works that attract attention in Delius's development but which stand apart from the rest of his music. Usually, once a work was written, Delius's interest in it would wane. It would then be renewed and be relived temporarily every time he heard it again. For Koanga, however, he showed concern as though it held some secret bond that bound him to his youth in Florida. It was the one work he deplored in old age he was never likely to hear again. And so it proved. A dark grandeur pervades the score which, whilst yielding to hankerings after Wagner, recalls the tragic gusto of Verdi. The elements of time, place and plot allowed him a range of textures and moods wider than in his other operas." The first US staging of Koanga, and of any Delius opera, was by the Opera Society of Washington in late 1970 and early 1971.[3] [4] London's Pegasus Opera Company staged Koanga in April 2007 at Sadler's Wells Theatre. William Randel has studied the relationship of the opera and its libretto to the original story of Cable. The FULL wikipedia article on Koanga can be found here: (http•••) Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart, CH (April 29, 1879 / March 8, 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was also closely associated with the Liverpool Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras. From the early 20th century until his death, Beecham was a major influence on the musical life of Britain and, according to the BBC, was Britain's first international conductor. Born to a rich industrial family, Beecham began his career as a conductor in 1899. He used his access to the family fortune to finance opera from the 1910s until the start of the Second World War, staging seasons at Covent Garden, Drury Lane and His Majesty's Theatre with international stars, his own orchestra and a wide repertoire. Among the works he introduced to England during his career were Richard Strauss's Elektra, Salome and Der Rosenkavalier and three operas by Frederick Delius. Together with his younger colleague Malcolm Sargent, Beecham founded the London Philharmonic, and he conducted its first performance at the Queen's Hall in 1932. In the 1940s, he worked for three years in the United States, where he was music director of the Seattle Symphony and conducted at the Metropolitan Opera. After his return to Britain, he founded the Royal Philharmonic in 1946 and conducted it until his death in 1961. Beecham's repertoire was eclectic, sometimes favouring lesser-known composers over famous ones. His specialities included composers whose works were neglected in Britain before he became their advocate, such as Delius and Berlioz. Other composers with whose music he was frequently associated were Haydn, Schubert, Sibelius and the composer he revered above all others, Mozart. The FULL wikipedia article can be found here: (http•••)/ / For Maya Mikolajczyk ~ MayaTatyana/
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