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.  ;)

 « Et n'oubliez pas que le trombone est à Voltaire ce que l'optimisme est à la percussion. » 

Roasted Swan

#801
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

#802
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

#803
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

#804
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.

kyjo

#805
August 02, 2025, 07:47:24 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 29, 2025, 05:58:15 PMI'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.

Lucky you! Who is the artistic director of the Dallas Symphony? And what other English/Irish works have they programmed recently?
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Brian

#806
August 02, 2025, 07:59:00 AM Last Edit: August 02, 2025, 08:01:20 AM by Brian
Quote from: kyjo on August 02, 2025, 07:47:24 AMLucky you! Who is the artistic director of the Dallas Symphony? And what other English/Irish works have they programmed recently?
Katie McGuinness. This is the role in charge of booking guest artists, commissioning new works, and balancing repertoire. This upcoming season we're getting Walton's Coronation Te Deum, MacMillan's new euphonium concerto, and Holst's Planets on one program (with Gardner conducting). We also recently gave the world premieres of MacMillan's excellent trombone concerto and Anna Clyne's piano concerto, and have had Britten's piano concerto and violin concerto in the same 23-24 season, and Elgar's cello concerto and Enigma (of course).

johnhanks

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August 03, 2025, 05:36:44 AM Last Edit: August 03, 2025, 10:47:45 AM by johnhanks
Quote from: vandermolen on July 20, 2025, 01:24:26 PMFine performance of the 1st Symphony from the Proms this evening (Bournemouth SO, Wigglesworth).

Could have done with more malizia in the second movement, I thought.

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

#808
August 11, 2025, 02:45:26 PM
Cello Concerto played by a viola. Nice change, good execution, and enjoyable music.






Mapman

#809
August 12, 2025, 06:47:35 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...

A quick search on Bachtrack shows that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is playing it in May 2026! Maybe that's a little easier for you to get to.

kyjo

#810
August 14, 2025, 05:50:39 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 02, 2025, 07:59:00 AMKatie McGuinness. This is the role in charge of booking guest artists, commissioning new works, and balancing repertoire. This upcoming season we're getting Walton's Coronation Te Deum, MacMillan's new euphonium concerto, and Holst's Planets on one program (with Gardner conducting). We also recently gave the world premieres of MacMillan's excellent trombone concerto and Anna Clyne's piano concerto, and have had Britten's piano concerto and violin concerto in the same 23-24 season, and Elgar's cello concerto and Enigma (of course).

That's all well and good of course, but still no sign of Bax, Alwyn, Lloyd, Rubbra, Tippett, Mathias, Moeran, etc. And not even any RVW? :(
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

kyjo

#811
August 14, 2025, 05:52:18 AM
Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on August 11, 2025, 02:45:26 PMCello Concerto played by a viola. Nice change, good execution, and enjoyable music.








As a cellist, I must ask "why?", especially considering Walton already wrote a masterful viola concerto which is arguably an even finer work... ;)
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

kyjo

#812
August 14, 2025, 05:55:47 AM
Quote from: Mapman on August 12, 2025, 06:47:35 PMA quick search on Bachtrack shows that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is playing it in May 2026! Maybe that's a little easier for you to get to.

That's wonderful news, thanks for bringing it to my attention! I live within reasonable distance of Chicago, so time permitting, I will definitely try to make it.
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Brian

#813
August 14, 2025, 06:14:20 AM
Quote from: kyjo on August 14, 2025, 05:50:39 AMThat's all well and good of course, but still no sign of Bax, Alwyn, Lloyd, Rubbra, Tippett, Mathias, Moeran, etc. And not even any RVW? :(
Oh, good point. We also had A Sea Symphony! The Dallas Chamber Symphony recently did both Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus and the Lark Ascending (on different programs), and the Fort Worth Symphony did RVW's Oboe Concerto last year. The obscure composers, no chance.

Roasted Swan

#814
August 14, 2025, 06:22:50 AM Last Edit: August 14, 2025, 12:25:24 PM by Roasted Swan
Quote from: kyjo on August 14, 2025, 05:52:18 AMAs a cellist, I must ask "why?", especially considering Walton already wrote a masterful viola concerto which is arguably an even finer work... ;)

"Unnecessary" springs to mind.  Thanks goodness for a great cover picture though.......  I went to "Laday Walton's Garden" on Ischia a few years ago - a genuinely stunning place.  The only cafe where they have Walton's music on a loop......

Brian

#815
August 14, 2025, 06:43:47 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on August 14, 2025, 06:22:50 AMThe only cafe where they have Walton's music on a loop......
Ah, yes...a mug of tea in the garden as the finale of the Second Symphony begins...  ;D

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

#816
August 14, 2025, 06:47:39 AM
Quote from: kyjo on August 14, 2025, 05:52:18 AMAs a cellist, I must ask "why?", especially considering Walton already wrote a masterful viola concerto which is arguably an even finer work... ;)


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