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Here is part 5 of some of the grandest tiaras ever worn and the stories behind them. Do you have a favourite? Tiaras in this video... Queen Alia's Cartier Tiara Queen Josephine’s Diamond Tiara Duchess of Leuchtenberg Emerald Parure Tiara Queen Marie's Edinburgh Turquoise Tiara Romanian Massin Tiara Romanian Blackened Steel Tiara Romanian Greek Key Tiara Russia's Sapphire & Diamond Kokoshnik The Yusupov Rock Crystal Tiara The Russian Sapphire “Wave” Tiara The Russian Wave Pattern Tiara Princess Sarvath’s Floral Tiara Habsburg Fringe Tiara The Kinsky Honeysuckle Tiara Luxembourg Vine Leaves Tiara Maria Teresa of Luxemborg's Turquoise Tiara The Bedford/Tavistock Amethyst Tiara Joséphine Charlotte's Citrine & Pearl Bandeau The Chaumet Diamond and Pearl Choker Tiara The Chaumet Emerald Tiara The Cartier Pearl Drop Tiara of Monaco Pearl and diamond scroll tiara of Morocco Moroccan Meander Tiara The Antique Pearl Tiara The Dutch Aquamarine Tiara The Dutch Sapphire Necklace Tiara The Mellerio Ruby Tiara The Dutch Emerald (and Pearl) Parure Tiara The Dutch Laurel Wreath Tiara Queen Emma's Diamond Tiara Queen Maud of Norway's Pearl and Diamond Tiara The Norwegian Gold Bandeau Queen Maud’s Diamond Tiara Martha of Norway's Vasa Tiara Queen Alexandra’s Turquoise Circlet King Olav’s Gift Tiara Norway's Vifte Tiara Alexandra of the United Kingdom's Maltese Cross Tiara Norway's Diamond Daisy Tiara The Romanov Oriental Turquoise and Diamond Kokoshnik The Kochli Sapphire Tiara Russia's Drop Pearl Kokoshnik Russia's Diadem of Ancient Pearls The Niarchos Ruby Necklace Tiara Queen Maria Christina’s Cartier Loop Tiara The Cartier Diamond and Pearl Tiara The Mellerio Shell Tiara The Ansorena Princess Fleur de Lys Tiara Prussian Diamond Tiara Infanta Pilar's Sapphire Tiara Thank you for watching If you enjoyed this video click the like button to give it a thumbs up and subscribe, become a history buff! If you would like to make a one off donation (http•••) Every penny I receive will go towards research material for future projects. Thank you. or Please show your support and become a patreon (http•••) or Why not buy me a coffee (http•••) My pinterest page (http•••) My twitter page (http•••) Part 1 (http•••) Part 2 (http•••) Part 3 (http•••) Part 4 (http•••) Part 6 (http•••) #History #Royaljewels #Tiaras
Percy Whitlock Briggs Vaughan Williams Charles Hylton Stewart Stiff Barber Brahms Elgar Parry Delius Rachmaninoff Quilter Warlock Bedford Coventry Cathedral 1903 1936 1979 1993
Percy Whitlock +••.••(...)): Organ Sonata in C minor (1936) - David Briggs at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, NYC In the immediate aftermath of the passing of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, it seems appropriate to present an organ piece which really couldn’t be more English! I have always loved the music of Percy Whitlock +••.••(...)) and am more than delighted to act as his musical ambassador today. Next Saturday is the 75th anniversary of PW's premature passing: Whitlock was evidently a sensitive character, quite fragile in health, leading to his early death from complications of hereditary hypertension at the age of only 42. But, in my experience, sensitive people often make the best musicians. Percy Whitlock studied at the RCM under Stanford and Vaughan Williams, and was for some years Assistant Organist at Rochester Cathedral, under Charles Hylton-Stewart. Later he took positions at St Stephen’s, Bournemouth (a wondrous John Loughborough Pearson anglo catholic church, where sadly he fell out with the plainsong choir director and resigned after only 3 years) and at the Bournemouth Pavilion, where he presided over (and largely maintained) the great Compton Organ. When he married his wife, Edna, rather amusingly he planned their three-day honeymoon centered on the Compton organ works, in London. She said in a 1979 interview that she was ‘bored stiff’! Whitlock was very mechanically-minded and made clocks out of Meccano. During their courtship, much of their time was spent train spotting, perched high up on a railway bridge near Rochester. Percy would assiduously write down the numbers of the steam locomotives. They were clearly very happily married, though. Edna lived on until 1993 and never remarried. Like many teenage organists of my generation, I grew up listening to the iconic LP of the Whitlock Sonata (1936) played by Graham Barber at Coventry Cathedral (which sadly never quite made it to CD format). I’ve played the first three movements quite frequently, since then. Several years ago, a close musical confidante said to me that they thought the last movement was far too long, and lets the Sonata down. One of several silver linings of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, has been to have the time to learn new repertoire - and the last movement of the Whitlock was a very welcome addition to the list. I have actually come to the conclusion that it makes a gloriously uplifting, varied and kaleidoscopic culmination to the Sonata - and isn't too long at all! You can certainly hear the influences of Brahms, Elgar, Parry, Delius - but one of the endearing facets of Whitlock’s music is his generously ripe harmonic language, somehow all his own. The sweeping Rachmaninoff-inspired tune in the last five minutes is so moving, with its inevitable and driving crescendo upwards, and the wonderful distillation of energy and complete calmness of the final bars certainly pulls at the heart strings. Technically it’s really quite demanding at times - PW must certainly have been a very good pianist! Sadly no Whitlock manuscripts are thought to exist, as he destroyed them all directly after OUP had received the final copy. This Sonata is such a passionate, dramatic and emotional piece - it feels like looking right into his eyes, sometimes. After the bold, rhapsodic introduction, the first movement oscillates between an enticingly stormy, almost Brahmsian first subject group and a second subject of ravishing lushness and warmth. The Canzona follows, with an apparent simplicity perhaps rather reminiscent of the English song composers Quilter and Warlock, but developed in a way to further showcase Whitlock's voluptuous harmonies. The Scherzo, with its irregular metre, is very joyful and reminds me of the lightweight, enthusiastic jingle of a vintage Bedford Ice Cream van, parading merrily along the crowded Bournemouth seafront, with the jovial, childlike innocence you associate with a large dollop of vanilla ice cream, dangerously careering down the poor unsuspecting cone underneath, all mysteriously held together by a delicious and inevitable Cadbury's Flake . The last movement, named 'Chorale' is a real musical smorgasbord. It boasts everything from a traditional hymn tune through to an Allegro of truly Elgarian military bombast and swagger, a Bachian fugato (in 2 parts!), a high-voltage, extremely virtuosic Scherzo (again with Brahmsian cross rhythms), and a big tune which almost beats Rachmaninoff at his own game. I’m very happy to share my love for this music with you, and I hope you will be moved and nourished by its colossally wide-ranging multitude of emotions.
English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten Frank Bridge Steuart Bedford 2005
Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America Variation 10: Fugue and Finale · English Chamber Orchestra Britten: The Young Person's Guide To the Orchestra / Variations On A Theme of Frank Bridge ℗ 2005 Naxos Released on: 2005-06-20 Composer: Benjamin Britten Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Steuart Bedford Auto-generated by YouTube.
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