Originally posted by antongould
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sounds good. I'm jealous -
In mercs particular order .....
The Bard
Bard of Gorseth Kerrnow
Les Bardes (??)
Far from sure about the last one
Curry was lovely .....Comment
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very good, yes Ossian, or The Bards, an opera in five acts by the French composer Jean-François Le Sueur
"Napoleon was so enthusiastic, he invited the composer to join him in the imperial box at the third act and the next day he sent Le Sueur a gold casket engraved "The Emperor Napoleon to the author of Les bardes", containing the cross of the Légion d'honneur"
trying to curry favour with my contribution to Shakespeare weekend
Sibelius opus 64 (1913)
I guess Arnold was made a Cornish bard as a result of the Cornish Dances
your turn
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A C to, hopefully link
Martino Bitti
Vince Gassi
Hubert ParryComment
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... and, as wiki tells us:Originally posted by mercia View Post
"The opera is on an epic scale and contains many experimental elements. For instance, in Act Four has visions of heroes and bards in a cave behind a backlit curtain of gauze. The score also calls for 12 harps as the bards hymn the rising sun. According to the musicologist David Charlton, Les bardes turns away from the classical aesthetic of Gluck (the dominant operatic influence of the time in France) and prefigures grand opera. The work had an influence on Le Sueur's most famous pupil, Hector Berlioz."Comment
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Have I missed something? Did we get the answer to Pulcie's A?
Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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Georges Antheil, it was answered before ZOriginally posted by Flay View Post Have I missed something? Did we get the answer to Pulcie's A?
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Full details as follows (effectively covered in posts 1050--1056)Originally posted by mercia View PostGeorges Antheil, it was answered before Z
George Antheil (as he appears on the Naxos CDs I have)
Symphony for five instruments; hence diminutive symphony
McKonkey's Ferry (Washington at Trenton); hence river crossing
Ballet Mécanique (which includes parts for electric buzzers); hence fingers on buzzers
His autobiography is entitled Bad boy of music.Comment
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was your Verdi Requiem a success Pulcinella ?
are you a soprano ?Comment
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Yes it was, thanks, apart from a couple of glitches: cello intonation a bit awry at the start of the Domine Jesu, and the soloists not quite agreeing when to start the Agnus Dei, and not exactly being an octave apart! But a near sell-out concert, which will be good for the society's finances. And for an amateur group, a very credit-worthy performance, we all felt. Of course, some idiots started clapping within a microsecond of the final chord, despite the conductor keeping his hands raised! He must have misplaced his baton somewhere/sometime between the rehearsal and the performance; he walked on, couldn't find it, had a quick scrabble around, shrugged his shoulders, and then started without it, just using his hands to beat time. Took a moment to settle down but fine after that!Originally posted by mercia View Post
No, not a soprano: I'm a second bass!
Pulcinella is a male commedia dell'arte figure!
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You mean you've only got to second base with Pimpinella?Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostI'm a second bass!
Pulcinella is a male commedia dell'arte figure
Thanks for clearing up the A, Chaps!Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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Maybe I fancied Harlequin, instead!Originally posted by Flay View PostYou mean you've only got to second base with Pimpinella?
Thanks for clearing up the A, Chaps!
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Parry Symphony 2 - 'Cambridge'Originally posted by antongould View Post
Martino Bitti - 12 'Cambridge' Sonatas
Vince Gassi - A Cambridge Carol for concert band
..... so the answer is ..... Oxford. Have you run out of colleges ?Comment
sorry
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