Colin

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01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ···
22.07.2023 · 13:24:56 ··· 5 ··· ··· 17 ··· David
07.09.2024 · 15:53:10 ···
01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ···
22.07.2023 · 13:24:56 ··· 5 ··· ··· 17 ··· David

1:: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 8

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 21.02.2021 · 21:36:15 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Reposting my video presentation of RVW's Eighth Symphony. The original upload has been spoiled by advertisements added by Youtube. I hope this repost will remain uninterrupted for at least a few weeks. (The symphony was composed between 1953 and 1955. Sir John Barbirolli, its dedicatee, conducted the Hallé Orchestra in the premiere at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester on 2 May 1956. It is the shortest of the composer's nine symphonies.)

2:: Ralph Vaughan Williams; A Short Biography

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 18.12.2020 · 14:57:16 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Reposting my short biography of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958, surely the greatest English composer of his generation. The music is from his Suite for Viola and Orchestra.

3:: Paris 13th November 2015

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 13.11.2020 · 09:21:57 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· On this day five years ago (also Friday 13th) Islamist terrorists attacked the Bataclan Theatre in Paris and other sites in the city, including the Stade de France. The attackers killed 130 people, 90 of them at the Bataclan theatre. Another 416 people were wounded, almost 100 seriously.[ Seven of the attackers were also killed. The attacks were the deadliest in France since the Second World War. I made this short video the day after the attacks. I'm reposting it to mark this and all the other terrorist atrocities that have happened since, in France, the UK and everwhere. Ce jour-là, il y a cinq ans (également vendredi 13), des terroristes islamistes ont attaqué le théâtre du Bataclan à Paris et d’autres sites de la ville, dont le Stade de France. Les assaillants ont tué 130 personnes, dont 90 au théâtre du Bataclan. 416 autres personnes ont été blessées, dont près de 100 grièvement. Sept des assaillants ont également été tués. Ces attaques sont les plus meurtrières en France depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. J’ai fait cette courte vidéo le lendemain des attaques. Je le reposte pour marquer ceci et toutes les autres atrocités terroristes qui se sont produites depuis, en France, au Royaume-Uni et partout.

4:: Gustav Holst: Phantasy Quartet on British Folksongs

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 08.10.2020 · 21:09:03 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· The Bridge Quartet.

5:: Ralph Vaughan Williams A London Symphony

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 08.10.2020 · 21:08:36 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Vaughan Williams's great tribute to the city of London, first performed in 1914. The performance is by the London Philharmonic conducted by Sir Roger Norrington on a wonderful Decca disc which also includes beautiful performances of the Tallis Fantasia and the Serenade to Music.

6:: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 08.10.2020 · 21:08:27 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Ralph Vaughan Williams's first symphony 'A Sea Symphony' was written over several years in the 1900s and was first performed at the Leeds Festival in 1910, on the composer's 38th birthday. Bernard Haitink conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus with soprano Felicity Lott and Jonathan Summers. It's an EMI recording from 1989 CDC 7 49911 2

7:: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.05.2019 · 20:17:57 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· A brief introduction to the nine symphonies of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958: No 1, A Sea Symphony / No 2, A London Symphony / No 3, A Pastoral Symphony / No 4 in F minor / Number 5 in D / No 6 in E minor / No 7, Sinfonia Antartica / No 8 in D minor and No 9 in E minor.

8:: Christmas Greetings

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 16.12.2017 · 14:50:28 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Part of Victor Hely Hutchinson's 'Carol Symphony' with Festive pictures to go with it - not all the images are terribly tasteful, but what the heck, it's Christmas! City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gavin Sutherland on an attractive NAXOS did featuring other Christmas music by Bryan Kelly, Peter Warlock, Philip Lane and Patric Standford,

9:: Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: "Eventide"

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 10.12.2017 · 14:08:07 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· The first of Two Hymn Preludes by Vaughan Williams. Richard Hickox conducts the Northern Sinfonia on an EMI disc. The paintings are by George Vicat Cole, Benjamin Williams-Leader,Joseph Farquharson, Peter Mork-Mondsen and John Francis Murphy.

10:: Henry Cowell: Symphony No 2 "Anthropos"

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 10.09.2016 · 11:02:38 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Leon Botstein conducts the American Symphony Orchestra in a live performance. The symphony was first performed at the Brooklyn Museum on 9th March 1941, by the New York Civic Orchestra conducted by the composer. Cowell's choice of title ('Anthropos') refers to the life of man. 1. Repose (Largo - sostenuto) 00:00 2. Activity (Poco presto) 05:50 3. Repression (Molto extressivo) 09:42 4. Liberation - Liberty Hornpipe (Allegro vivace) 19:07

11:: May Song

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 01.05.2016 · 21:00:27 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· One of the 'Folk Songs of the Four Seasons' by Ralph Vaughan Williams, in an orchestral version by Roy Douglas. From a Dutton disc.

12:: ALBION RECORDS: Vaughan Williams, "Fair Child of Beauty" (The Bridal Day, etc)

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 07.03.2016 · 09:50:21 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Premier recording of the masque written in 1938 by Ursula Wood and Ralph Vaughan Williams, plus the Cantata 'Epithalamion'. For full details of the disc, and other Albion records, visit the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society Website and click on 'Recordings'

13:: Bushes and Briars, English Folksong

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 08.12.2015 · 14:02:43 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Traditional song, collected and arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams, who noted down the tune in 1903 from a singer at the village of Ingrave in Essex. The pictures are by Henry Yeend-King.

14:: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 8

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 04.09.2015 · 13:49:15 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Sir Mark Elder conducts the Halle Orchestra on a CD from the orchestra's own label. 1. Fantasia 0:00 2. Scherzo 11:00 3. Cavatina 14:48 4. Toccata 24:01 RVW's Eighth Symphony in D minor was written between 1953 and 1955, when the composer was in his early eighties. It is dedicated to Sir John Barbirolli, who gave the first performance. The symphony is the shortest of all the nine symphonies and, perhaps, the most varied in mood. It is remarkably inventive, especially in the composer's experiments in sonority. Not only does he use a much-expanded percussion section, but the two central movements use only the wind section and string section respectively.

15:: Patrick Hadley: The Lynn Apprentice

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 21.06.2015 · 21:41:01 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Best known for his Symphonic Ballad, "The Trees so High", Hadley was Professor of Music at Cambridge University and had been a pupil of Ralph Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music. His cantata "Fen and Flood" was inspired by the devastating events of January 31st 1953 when a combination of spring tides and a hurricane force wind created a 'perfect storm', which resulted in devastating floods along the East cost of England, before moving on to mainland europe and the low countries. This short extract from the cantata is a setting of a traditional song collected by Vaughan Williams in 1905 from Lynn Fisherman James Carter (shown on the icon for this video). The paintings used in this video begin with a view of King's Lynn by Walter Dexter, followed by old pictures of Lynn, including an 1860 view of St James' Workhouse by Henry Bains. Other paintings are by marine artists Frank Brangwyn and Montague Dawson. "Fen and Flood" comes from an Albion Records disc. Full details of the performers are given on the video.

16:: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 9 in E minor

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 31.10.2014 · 00:00:00 ··· ···
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17:: Ralph Vaughan Williams: "A London Symphony"

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 12.07.2013 · 00:00:00 ··· ···
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