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2020-07-20 06:55:45
The Invention of English Opera: part two, the brief flowering of English opera, the rise of Italian opera and the development of ballad opera
The Old Palace of Whitehall by Hendrick Danckerts, c. 1675The Palace is probably where John Blow's Venus and Adonis premiered Considering that the country went through two revolutions, including an interregnum when music was ostensibly banned, there was a surprising amount of music theatre in England in the 17th century, and like other countries artists, performers and aristocrats eagerly experimented music and drama, sometimes creating something which we would recognise as opera, and sometimes coming up with hybrid forms. The vigour and ubiquity of Italian opera in England in the 18th century should not blind us to the importance of the tradition of the 17th century English opera. In the first part of my article, we looked at how the first operas, and the distinctive English genre of semi-opera, developed out of the masque tradition. Beaufort House, […]
2020-02-05 00:00:00
Bruckner - The Three Masses - Te Deum - Symphony 00 - String Quintet
Mass No 3 in F MinorTe DeumJane Eaglen sopranoBirgit Remmert contraltoDeon van der Walt tenorAlfred Muff bassMozart-Chor, LinzThe London PhilharmonicFranz Welser-MostEMI 1996Few passages in music afford such an open view of the heavens as the first bars of Bruckner's Te Deum. So much is riding on those oscillating fourths and fifths, those sky-high choral unisons - a universal belief: one voice, one faith. It's plainchant finding power in proclamation, it's the musical embodiment of the words "And it came to pass". The power of suggestion is greater than mere dimension, far greater than the sum of the notes on the page. But it was ever thus with Bruckner. Simple man, simple means. Huge conviction. When the solo violin takes flight in seraphic embellishments during the opening "Kyrie" of the Mass in F, it is not Beethoven's Missa Solemnis you think of - nothing so visionary, so lofty, so far-reaching. Bruckner's celestial […]
2017-05-31 14:29:44
Hidden treasure
Born on this day in 1922 soprano Florence Quartararo. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLxtIavPaU Born on this day in 1656 composer Marin Marais. httpvh:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fQQTqACr3k On this day in 1817 Rossini’s La gazza ladra premiered in Milan. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qli83zFCD6A Born on this day in 1892 conductor Louis Fourestier. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KqyYlwdyck Born on this day in 1908 mezzo-soprano Edith Coates. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEDsBRN7JHA Born on this day in 1912 countertenor Alfred Deller. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=teTbE0pTtxc Born on this day in 1931 mezzo-soprano/soprano Shirley Verrett. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPET4RAe6yQ Happy 68th birthdays to bass-baritone Alfred Muff. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMsx9nDSSmc Also Happy 68th birthday to soprano Nancy Shade. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BJOVSS8hqU Happy 62nd birthday composer Bruce Adolphe. httpvh:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxq0nZ2HYYU
2016-05-31 14:31:14
“I never miss a Liv Ullmann musical!”
On this day in 1979 the musical I Remember Mama opened at the Majestic Theater, to run 108 performances. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvmvafCzQRk Born on this day in 1656 composer Marin Marais. httpvh:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fQQTqACr3k On this day in 1817 Rossini’s La gazza ladra premiered in Milan. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=83DGrTjpagU Born on this day in 1892 conductor Louis Fourestier. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KqyYlwdyck Born on this day in 1908 mezzo-soprano Edith Coates. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEDsBRN7JHA Born on this day in 1912 countertenor Alfred Deller. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=teTbE0pTtxc Born on this day in 1922 soprano Florence Quartararo. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLxtIavPaU Born on this day in 1931 mezzo-soprano/soprano Shirley Verrett. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPET4RAe6yQ Happy 67th birthday to bass-baritone Alfred Muff. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMsx9nDSSmc Also Happy 67th birthday to soprano Nancy […]
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