Respighi's "Church Windows" ("Vetrate di Chiesa") is being performed next June in the Barbican by the LSO under Sir Antonio Pappano. It was given its UK Premiere on 9 March 1928 by Sir Henry Wood and the Queens Hall Orchestra. However, that was outside the Proms season. In fact it has never been played at the Proms, so is there any way we can find out when it was last played in London, either at the RAH or RFH or indeed elsewhere? ... "The Pines of Rome" had to wait over 60 years before it finally received its Proms Premiere under Edward Downes in 1986 and it looks as if "Church Windows" will have to wait even longer. Still, it would be interesting to know how often it has been played in London since Wood first introduced it just over 90 years ago. Is there an on-line archive somewhere that might tell us?
There's a 'live' performance of the work on YouTube with Vasily Petrenko conducting the Santa Cecilia Orchestra. Unfortunately, the finale features a weak little organ when what is needed is one like the RAH's thundering away. Proms organizers please note! ...
There's a 'live' performance of the work on YouTube with Vasily Petrenko conducting the Santa Cecilia Orchestra. Unfortunately, the finale features a weak little organ when what is needed is one like the RAH's thundering away. Proms organizers please note! ...
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