Sir William Walton

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ritter

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January 27, 2025, 04:23:34 AM Last Edit: January 27, 2025, 04:25:42 AM by ritter
Interesting read, @Roasted Swan . Thanks!

I must confess that, much as I like most of Walton's output, Ive never warned to Belshazzar's Feast. I should give the work anther try; the only recording in my collection is the one conducted by the composer included in EMI's "The Walton Edition"--the older 4 CD set--. IIRC, the soloist is Dennis Noble.

Re. Luxon, what happened to him is really sad, but saying that his life was "cut short", when he died aged 87, is perhaps an exaggeration.  ;)

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Roasted Swan

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January 27, 2025, 04:32:46 AM
Quote from: ritter on January 27, 2025, 04:23:34 AMInteresting read, @Roasted Swan . Thanks!

I must confess that, much as I like most of Walton's output, Ive never warned to Belshazzar's Feast. I should give the work anther try; the only recording in my collection is the one conducted by the composer included in EMI's "The Walton Edition"--the older 4 CD set--. IIRC, the soloist is Dennis Noble.

Re. Luxon, what happened to him is really sad, but saying that his life was "cut short", when he died aged 87, is perhaps an exaggeration.  ;)

Spot the fact that wasn't checked...... (sorry!)  In his pomp he was a great singer.

vandermolen

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July 20, 2025, 01:24:26 PM
Fine performance of the 1st Symphony from the Proms this evening (Bournemouth SO, Wigglesworth).
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

kyjo

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July 29, 2025, 12:27:59 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on July 20, 2025, 01:24:26 PMFine performance of the 1st Symphony from the Proms this evening (Bournemouth SO, Wigglesworth).

Nice, Jeffrey! I've been dying to see a live performance of this epic symphony, but I might have to fly all the way to the UK to do so. ::) For a work that's so often mentioned as being one of the great 20th century symphonies, its absence from US concert programs is perplexing and frustrating. It's the perfect piece to show off a virtuoso orchestra and would bring the house down in concert...
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Brian

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July 29, 2025, 05:58:15 PM
Quote from: kyjo on July 29, 2025, 12:27:59 PMNice, Jeffrey! I've been dying to see a live performance of this epic symphony, but I might have to fly all the way to the UK to do so. ::) For a work that's so often mentioned as being one of the great 20th century symphonies, its absence from US concert programs is perplexing and frustrating. It's the perfect piece to show off a virtuoso orchestra and would bring the house down in concert...
I've seen it live twice here in Dallas in the past decade! Our orchestra's artistic director is from Ireland so I sometimes wonder if her influence is felt in how we program Isles composers.
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