English composer of Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas (1842–1900)
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Alex takes us to the North London borough of Harrow. Eschewing the school and it's many celebrity alumni, we are retiring to the country instead. When Sir William Gilbert bought a house in Harrow, it came with a resident animal, who quickly became a family favourite. So much so, when he died, they acquired a new pair. What were they? There were also cats and dogs and donkeys. But it's Nancy's pet that provokes the most questions. We are talking of WS Gilbert, creator of plays and comic operas, with his long time collaborator Arthur Sullivan. Who retired to Grim's Dyke and along with his wife created marvellous gardens and a fateful lake. Indeed it's not a long episode this week, because of the lake, and the swimming lessons he was giving to the locals. It's now a hotel, so maybe there's an outing in the offing. There's definitely an outing in the offing, with more Crossness details this week. And lions and canals and bears, Oh my!* Who was Grim, and what was the dyke for? *There aren't any bears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Mikado opened on March 14, 1885 to immediate acclaim, and went on to become W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's most famous and best-loved operetta, despite its tortured genesis. Due to growing creative tensions and their previous show flopping, Gilbert and Sullivan's partnership was on the rocks, so The Mikado's success took both completely by surprise. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly look at why the setting of The Mikado is really Japan in name only; discuss how Gilbert found inspiration in a sword hanging on his wall; and explain why Gilbert and Sullivan almost parted ways because of a magical love lozenge… Further Reading: • ‘A big day in history: Gilbert and Sullivan unveil 'The Mikado'' (History Extra, 2012): https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/a-big-day-in-history-gilbert-and-sullivan-unveil-the-mikado/ • ‘Arthur Sullivan - A Victorian Musician' (Taylor & Francis, 2018): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Arthur_Sullivan_A_Victorian_Musician/VXt_DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 • ‘The Mikado' (BBC, 1987): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkOWxcbzn0&t=561s This episode originally aired in 2023 Love the show? Support us! Join
Deze aflevering van Kalm met Klassiek staat symbool voor oudjaarsavond, het moment dat een heel jaar vol ervaringen en herinneringen tot een einde komt. Terwijl we de uren kunnen aftellen, luisteren we naar 'The long day closes' van componist Arthur Sullivan, in een frisse uitvoering door de zangeressen van Wishful Singing. Neem de ruimte om 2024 aan je voorbij te laten trekken... Beluister het Nieuwjaars-Mysterie hier (https://www.npoklassiek.nl/podcasts/klassieke-mysteries/47992/5-nieuwjaars-mysterie-zorgde-een-familievete-voor-de-dood-van-strauss-sr-s04). Wil je meer Kalm met Klassiek? Ga naar npoklassiek.nl/kalmmetklassiek (https://www.npoklassiek.nl/kalmmetklassiek). Alle muziek uit de podcast vind je terug in de bijbehorende speellijst (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6YgSfm1Sux7CroiJvzeUdx?si=f0f254ee8f4048e7).
No podcast desta semana, o maestro João Maurício Galindo respondeu às perguntas dos ouvintes da Rádio Cultura FM. Ele explicou a estrutura da música, abordou a relevância do compositor inglês Arthur Sullivan, questionando se ele foi realmente tão pouco importante, e esclareceu outras dúvidas enviadas pelos ouvintes.
Discussion 2 Opening Thursday, November 21st and running through the 24th at the Malvern Theatre, GSOV presents four one act productions of W. S. Gilbert directed by four directors. Kyle sits down with Sarah Berry and Ben Klein to discuss their approach to their particular productions. Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1140126 About the Show: As a young barrister W.S. Gilbert found himself waiting for all too infrequent briefs. Instead, he turned to writing and soon after was earning his living as a playwright and librettist. Mostly remembered today for his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan, he nevertheless continued to write plays, his last, The Hooligan, was completed just four months before his death. This collection demonstrates his differing interests and styles and hold the stage well today: Comedy and Tragedy - An actress finds a deadly solution to her tricky romantic situation. The Hooligan - A condemned man pleads for justice. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - In a parody of Shakespeare's ‘Hamlet', Rosencrantz and Ophelia scheme to get rid of Hamlet so they can be together. Creatures of Impulse - A fairy toys with guests at an inn for her own devious pleasure.
Discussion - Part 1 Opening Thursday, November 21st and running through the 24th at the Malvern Theatre, GSOV presents four one act productions of W. S. Gilbert directed by four directors. Kyle sits down with Naomi Tooby and Danielle Zuccala to discuss their approach to their particular productions. Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1140126 About the Show: As a young barrister W.S. Gilbert found himself waiting for all too infrequent briefs. Instead, he turned to writing and soon after was earning his living as a playwright and librettist. Mostly remembered today for his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan, he nevertheless continued to write plays, his last, The Hooligan, was completed just four months before his death. This collection demonstrates his differing interests and styles and hold the stage well today: Comedy and Tragedy - An actress finds a deadly solution to her tricky romantic situation. The Hooligan - A condemned man pleads for justice. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - In a parody of Shakespeare's ‘Hamlet', Rosencrantz and Ophelia scheme to get rid of Hamlet so they can be together. Creatures of Impulse - A fairy toys with guests at an inn for her own devious pleasure.
Join Travis & Eric on part one of the show the guys recap Week 8 of High School Football, how did the important matchups around the area pan out, Cumberland dominates Nokomis, Effingham has failed to find the end zone for 8 straight quarters, Olney controls the LIC, Arthur-Sullivan set for a showdown and more!
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If you're an anglophile and of a certain age, then you'll know the comedic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance, Trial by Jury, The Mikado. They are all classics. I mean, I am an anglophile of a certain age, so I can sing the entirety of I Am a Very Model of a Modern Major General. I mean, really: “I am the very model of a modern major general. I've information, vegetable, and animal, and mineral. I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, from Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical. I'm very well acquainted, too, with mathematical. I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical. About binomial theorem, I'm teeming with a lot of news. Ha ha, with many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.” Now, tell me, do you get that from any other podcast? I don't think so. And you may laugh, but I've won a pub quiz by being able to recite that. Now, Gilbert and Sullivan were actually all about the laughs. Their operators are very funny. But outside that partnership, they were both hungry to do more serious work. Now, really the only work I know is by Sullivan, Arthur Sullivan, and it's a song called The Lost Chord. And he wrote it on the deathbed of his brother. And the opening lyrics go like this. I was seated one day at the organ. I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys. I know not what I was playing or what I was dreaming then, but I struck one chord of music, like the sound of a great amen. One chord, the sound of a great amen. It is such a powerful way to name a moment of insight, of awareness, of presence, of deep familiarity, of awe. So, are you listening for your one chord? Because hearing it can make all the difference. Marcus Collins, a creative at heart and a product of Detroit, brings a unique perspective to the podcast with his background in advertising, music, and academia. As a researcher and author of "For the Culture," Marcus delves into the complexities of human behavior and cultural influences. His experiences as an outsider and insider have shaped his empathetic approach to understanding the forces that shape our interactions and behaviors in society. Get book links and resources at http://2pageswithmbs.com and subscribe to the 2 Pages newsletter at https://2pageswithmbs.substack.com. Marcus Collins reads two pages from Predictably Irrational. [reading begins at 26:47] Hear us discuss: "Understanding the impact of the Ten Commandments and curbing dishonesty might help prevent the next Enron-like fraud." [28:47] | "The truth is subjective, right? The world manifests through your meaning making system based on how you see the world." [33:38] | "Culture is always evolving. It's always changing. But those things could change the vector. It can go left or right. It can go negative or positive." [44:22] | "We traverse the world believing that we have all the agency there is that we wake up in the morning, decide what we're going to wear, where we're going to go, we're going to do, who we're going to marry, if we're going to marry." [45:37] | "The influence of the social world in which we navigate is far greater than we give it credit for." [45:24]
fWotD Episode 2628: Jacques Offenbach Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Monday, 15 July 2024 is Jacques Offenbach.Jacques Offenbach (; 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Franz von Suppé, Johann Strauss II and Arthur Sullivan. His best-known works were continually revived during the 20th century, and many of his operettas continue to be staged in the 21st. The Tales of Hoffmann remains part of the standard opera repertory.Born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia, the son of a synagogue cantor, Offenbach showed early musical talent. At the age of 14, he was accepted as a student at the Paris Conservatoire; He found academic study unfulfilling and left after a year, but remained in Paris. From 1835 to 1855 he earned his living as a cellist, achieving international fame, and as a conductor. His ambition, however, was to compose comic pieces for the musical theatre. Finding the management of Paris's Opéra-Comique company uninterested in staging his works, in 1855 he leased a small theatre in the Champs-Élysées. There, during the next three years, he presented a series of more than two dozen of his own small-scale pieces, many of which became popular.In 1858 Offenbach produced his first full-length operetta, Orphée aux enfers ("Orpheus in the Underworld"), with its celebrated can-can; the work was exceptionally well received and has remained his most played. During the 1860s, he produced at least eighteen full-length operettas, as well as more one-act pieces. His works from this period include La belle Hélène (1864), La Vie parisienne (1866), La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (1867) and La Périchole (1868). The risqué humour (often about sexual intrigue) and mostly gentle satiric barbs in these pieces, together with Offenbach's facility for melody, made them internationally known, and translated versions were successful in Vienna, London, elsewhere in Europe and in the US.Offenbach became associated with the Second French Empire of Napoleon III: the emperor and his court were genially satirised in many of Offenbach's operettas, and Napoleon personally granted him French citizenship and the Légion d'honneur. With the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, and the fall of the empire, Offenbach found himself out of favour in Paris because of his imperial connections and his German birth. He remained successful in Vienna, London and New York. He re-established himself in Paris during the 1870s, with revivals of some of his earlier favourites and a series of new works, and undertook a popular US tour. In his last years he strove to finish The Tales of Hoffmann, but died before the premiere of the opera, which has entered the standard repertory in versions completed or edited by other musicians.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:35 UTC on Monday, 15 July 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Jacques Offenbach on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Amy.
Gilbert and Sullivan were a prolific Victorian-era duo known for their comic operas, also referred to as operettas. The partnership comprised of dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, and together they created 14 operettas... H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado to name just 3 of the most popular shows. The Railroad Hour produced radio adaptations of musicals of all types with Gordon MacRae taking the lead vocal role and other very talented people, some Metropolitan Opera stars, filling in the other roles. I have a playlist of "Railroad Hour" programs on this website.
We look ahead to Cavan v Fermanagh and Cavan v Sligo and hear from Ollie Bellew, Diarmaid Carney and Arthur Sullivan.
In 1878, noted British comic opera legends W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan used their pens to create the timeless operetta “HMS Pinafore,” a work with numerous songs that have stood the test of time and are still beloved by … British people, Aaron Sorkin fans, Anglophiles and Victorian era time travelers stuck in our modern era. Sir Joseph's song in Pinafore gives us a great jumping off point for our thesis this week, as he sings about his ascension from from “office boy at an attorney's firm” to “Ruler of the Queen's Navy,” an odd career arch given that he has never been to sea before nor ever been on a ship of any kind, though he finds himself cast upon the most difficult ship of them all to navigate - the LeaderShip. (Yeah, we know, roundabout way to get to the metaphor … the writing staff is going through it this week, so … show grace, people). This week, our boys Sid and Keith will touch on a seldom-approached topic of leadership - the costs therein. Examining intentions, working within opportunities given, understanding reality versus unreality … well, let us just say that with this week's episode, you'll certainly be in a better place to govern your Leadership than the aforementioned late 1800s era fictional First Lord of the Admiralty. So, tune in and turn up this week's episode of The Overlap Podcast - you don't want to miss this voyage.
durée : 00:25:05 - Gilbert et Sullivan, "The Mikado" - par : Anne-Charlotte Rémond - Bienvenue au Japon ! Du moins, dans un Japon bien fantaisiste puisque campé par les maîtres de l'opérette anglaise : le librettiste William S. Gilbert et Arthur Sullivan. Leur style est qualifié de "topsy-turvy", que l'on pourrait traduire par "sens dessus-dessous", "confus" voire "foldingue"... - réalisé par : Philippe Petit
SynopsisThese days, “musical piracy” can mean anything from illegal downloads to bootleg compact discs pressed in China.But back in 1878, the smash success of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta HMS Pinafore resulted in a flurry of unauthorized “pirate” productions in the United States. The two resourceful Englishmen decided the best way to put a stop to it was to premiere their next collaboration in New York, thereby establishing its copyright under American law.And so, on today's date in 1879, it was Arthur Sullivan who conducted the pit orchestra of the Fifth Avenue Theater in Manhattan for the first full performance of their latest creation, titled, perhaps not coincidentally, The Pirates of Penzance.The New York Times review was glowing in its praise but did point out that the new work was strikingly similar to Pinafore.“There is genuine musical merit in several of the numbers,” it said. “… A chorus of policemen was the most musically humorous number of the evening and provoked more amusement than anything else. ... In response to repeated calls, the author and composer appeared before the curtain and bowed their acknowledgments.”Music Played in Today's ProgramGilbert and Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance; D'Oyly Carte Opera; Royal Philharmonic; Isidore Godfrey, cond. London 425 196
In the forty-first episode of Season 9 (Keep It Musical!) Kyle is joined by journalist Kerry Harwin and stand-up comedian JJ Tyson to discuss Mike Leigh's immersion into the sumptuous fantasy and detailed naturalism of Victorian England as it surveys the partnership of librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan that turns into a grand collaborative study of company creation in Topsy-Turvy (1999).
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most famous of these include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. The popularity of these works was supported for over a century by year-round performances of them, in Britain and abroad, by the repertory company that Gilbert, Sullivan and their producer Richard D'Oyly Carte founded, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. These Savoy operas are still frequently performed in the English-speaking world and beyond.Gilbert's creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, and numerous short stories, poems and lyrics, both comic and serious. After brief careers as a government clerk and a lawyer, Gilbert began to focus, in the 1860s, on writing light verse, including his Bab Ballads, short stories, theatre reviews and illustrations, often for Fun magazine. He also began to write burlesques and his first comic plays, developing a unique absurdist, inverted style that would later be known as his "topsy-turvy" style. He also developed a realistic method of stage direction and a reputation as a strict theatre director. In the 1870s, Gilbert wrote 40 plays and libretti, including his German Reed Entertainments, several blank-verse "fairy comedies", some serious plays, and his first five collaborations with Sullivan: Thespis, Trial by Jury, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance. In the 1880s, Gilbert focused on the Savoy operas, including Patience, Iolanthe, The Mikado, The Yeomen of the Guard and The Gondoliers.In 1890, after this long and profitable creative partnership, Gilbert quarrelled with Sullivan and Carte concerning expenses at the Savoy Theatre; the dispute is referred to as the "carpet quarrel". Gilbert won the ensuing lawsuit, but the argument caused hurt feelings among the partnership. Although Gilbert and Sullivan were persuaded to collaborate on two last operas, they were not as successful as the previous ones. In later years, Gilbert wrote several plays, and a few operas with other collaborators. He retired, with his wife Lucy, and their ward, Nancy McIntosh, to a country estate, Grim's Dyke. He was knighted in 1907. Gilbert died of a heart attack while attempting to rescue a young woman to whom he was giving a swimming lesson in the lake at his home.Gilbert's plays inspired other dramatists, including Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, and his comic operas with Sullivan inspired the later development of American musical theatre, especially influencing Broadway librettists and lyricists. According to The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Gilbert's "lyrical facility and his mastery of metre raised the poetical quality of comic opera to a position that it had never reached before and has not reached since".-bio via Wikipedia Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
SynopsisOn today's date in 1867, two eminent British Victorians arrived in Vienna in search of Franz Schubert. Now, Schubert had been dead for 39 years, as the two Brits were quite aware. George Grove, 47, was England's finest musicologist, and Arthur Sullivan, 25, one of the country's most promising young composers.Grove believed there might be forgotten manuscripts in the possession of the late composer's relatives, so the pair met with Schubert's nephew, a certain Herr Doktor Schneider, who said, oh, yes, come to mention it, he did have some pieces by Uncle Franz that no one had played for more than 40 years. If the two gentlemen had no objection to getting dusty, they were welcome to rummage the family's storage closets.The two visitors braved the dust and found orchestral parts for Schubert's Rosamunde incidental music, tied up in a big bundle after the work's premiere back in 1823 and untouched since then.Grove and Sullivan spent the rest of the day carefully making a copy of their discovery. At 2 a.m., after finishing the task, their spirits must have been pretty high, since to celebrate the proper Victorian gentlemen began an impromptu game of leap-frog.Music Played in Today's ProgramFranz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Rosamunde Incidental Music - Chamber Music Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, cond. DG 431 655
The Bab Ballads by William S. Gilbert audiobook. The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique 'topsy-turvy' style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert's cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert's childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations 'Bab' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On June 5, 1865, Anglican priest and polymath Sabine Baring-Gould wrote the processional hymn, “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” The hymn was originally written for children walking to Horbury St. Peter's Church near Wakefield in Yorkshire, England. Far from the cultural stereotype that the hymn earned Baring-Gould—that of a militant, narrow-minded clergyman fearful of and fighting against new knowledge—he actually led an impressive life, remaining keenly inquisitive about the world God has made. The song, which he wrote in about 15 minutes, was originally titled “A Hymn for Procession with Cross and Banners.” It was inspired by biblical imagery of the Christian as a soldier and only became popular when composer Arthur Sullivan wrote a new melody for it later. Its military imagery, out of step with today's cultural vibes, has led many contemporary hymnbook compilers to leave it aside. Like other Anglican clergymen of his day, Baring-Gould was involved in more than serving parishes and writing children's processionals. He was the son and heir of a noble family but decided on a career in the Church. Ordained in 1864, he became curate at the church at Horbury Bridge, where a year later he would pen “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” There, he met Grace Taylor, the then-teenaged daughter of a local miller. The two fell in love and, despite a considerable age gap, were married for 48 years until her passing. Together, they raised 15 kids, all but one of whom survived into adulthood. Even while serving in parishes, Baring-Gould was a prolific writer, with nearly 1,300 titles to his credit. These include novels and short stories published in a variety of journals, a 16-volume series called Lives of the Saints, modern biographies, travelogues, hymns (the best-known of which aside from “Onward, Christian Soldiers” being “Now the Day Is Over”), sermons, apologetics, and cultural and anthropological studies. He had an international reputation as an antiquarian. His Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, a study of 24 medieval superstitions and their variants and antecedents, was particularly popular and was even cited by sci-fi and horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. He also published The Book of Werewolves, a collection of stories still widely cited. To do some of this work, Baring-Gould studied and mastered several ancient, medieval, and modern languages. Along with more common languages for British scholars of the period, he knew Basque, an obscure language unrelated to any other, sufficiently well enough to translate a Basque Christmas carol into English as “The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came.” Baring-Gould's God-driven curiosity about the world only furthered when he inherited his family estate in Devon in 1872. He moved there as both squire and vicar in 1881, devoting a great deal of time to studying and writing about Devon and the West Country. He transcribed hundreds of folk songs from the region that would otherwise have been lost, even publishing several volumes in collaboration with Cecil Sharp, a central figure in preserving and promoting English folk songs in the Edwardian period. Baring-Gould considered these collections of songs his most important work. He also earned an international reputation in the developing field of archaeology. With his friend Robert Burnard, Baring-Gould began the first scientific archaeological excavations of Dartmoor in Devon, which includes the largest concentration of Bronze Age remains in Britain. The two initially concentrated on hut circles, depressions in the ground outlined with stones that were the foundations for conical wooden huts thousands of years ago, before launching a more systematic investigation of the region. As secretary of the group, Baring-Gould authored the first 10 annual reports of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee. This began a systematic exploration and occasional restoration of the region's prehistoric sites. Beyond the annual reports, he published several other works on Dartmoor. As if all this were not enough, Baring-Gould was also an amateur ironworker and painter. Prior to his ordination, while a teacher at a boys' school, he designed the ironwork for the school and painted scenes from The Canterbury Tales and The Faerie Queene on the jambs of the windows. In all, Baring-Gould was far more than the lyricist for “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” As Anthony Esolen commented, he could only have lived in the 19th century, when scholarship was not so specialized, and amateurs could still make important contributions to a wide range of fields. For our era, he is a remarkable example of a person who used the prodigious talents God had given him to serve the church, his community, and the wider world. This Breakpoint was co-authored by Dr. Glenn Sunshine. For more resources to live like a Christian in this cultural moment, go to breakpoint.org.
Un día como hoy, 13 de mayo: Nace: 1625: Carlo Maratta, pintor italiano (f. 1713). 1717: María Teresa I de Austria, reina húngara y bohemia (f. 1780). 1842: Arthur Sullivan, compositor británico (f. 1900). 1882: Georges Braque, pintor y escultor francés (f. 1963). 1924: Giovanni Sartori, investigador en el campo de la ciencia política italiano (f. 2018). Fallece: 1988: Chet Baker, trompetista y cantante estadounidense de jazz (n. 1929). 2019: Doris Day, actriz estadounidense (n. 1922). Conducido por Joel Almaguer. Una producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2023
This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the Namuli horseshoe bat. There's the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick and “Music from Erwan” with Erwan Rome. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy! Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your musical requests, so get them in! Send your musical requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts which will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our staff of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers, take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!And don't forget, there is a Facebook page just for you, the independent RFI English Clubs. Only members of RFI English Clubs can belong to this group page, so when you apply to join, be sure you include the name of your RFI Club and your membership number. Everyone can look at it, but only members of the group can post on it. If you haven't yet asked to join the group, and you are a member of an independent, officially recognized RFI English club, go to the Facebook link above, and fill out the questionnaire !!!!! (if you do not answer the questions, I click “decline”).There's a Facebook page for members of the general RFI Listeners Club too. Just click on the link and fill out the questionnaire, and you can connect with your fellow Club members around the world. Be sure you include your RFI Listeners Club membership number (most of them begin with an A, followed by a number) in the questionnaire, or I will have to click “Decline”, which I don't like to do!This week's quiz: On 25 March, I asked you a question about an article by RFI English correspondent Ryan Truscott: “Sparrow-sized bat confirmed as Mozambique's newest mammal”. It's been named the “Namuli horseshoe bat” after its principal habitat: Mount Namuli, which is Mozambique's second-highest peak. You were to re-read Ryan's article and answer this question: where else have the Namuli horseshoe bats been spotted? The answer is, as Ryan Truscott wrote: “They've been recorded on the Nyika plateau in northern Malawi, and in southern Tanzania.”By the way, they're called “horseshoe bats” for the horseshoe-shaped structures on their faces, which are used for echolocating – or sending out soundwaves – to help them to navigate or catch flying insects. They are roughly the size of sparrows. In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question, suggested by Jayanta Chakrabarty from New Delhi, India: “What good work have you done in the past week?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Karuna Kanta Pal from West Bengal, India. Karuna Kanta Pal is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Karuna!I was quite moved reading about the good things all of you have done recently. What a blessing to be in contact with so many good people! Also on the list of winners this week are: Sultan Mahmud, the president of the Shetu RFI Listeners Club in Naogaon, Bangladesh; Ferhat Bezazel, the president of the RFI Butterflies Club, Ain Kechara in West Skikda, Algeria; RFI Listeners Club members Ranjit Darnal from Gandaki, Nepal, and last but not least, Sagor Mia from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, who is also the president of the “Let's go on the right path and tell the truth radio listener club”. Congratulations winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here” by Arthur Sullivan and D.A. Esrom; “Caress” by Marcel Khalife, performed by the composer and his ensemble; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Pedro Nevares”, performed by Maya y Cantu. Do you have a musical request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read Ollia Horton's article “Designer Philippe Starck shakes up Paris icons in playful exhibition” to help you with the answer.You have until 29 May to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 3 June podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceorBy text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. 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Sir Arthur Sullivan became the most renowned composer of the Victorian era, with his fame spreading across Europe and America too. His output spanned many genres including oratorios, a symphony, chamber music, hymns and anthems, but it was for his collaboration with the librettist W. S. Gilbert on operetta's that he is best remembered today. He was a personal friend to royalty, and he was knighted when he was in his early forties. He also had a liking for playing cards, buying race horses and gambling, frequently loosing the substantial earnings from the stage works he'd composed. Sullivan became a pillar of the British musical establishment, so that when he died, despite wanting to be buried with his family in Brompton Cemetery, he was laid to rest in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, with an additional service at the Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace. Music Featured: HMS Pinafore (Overture) HMS Pinafore (When I was a lad) O Israel Overture ‘In Memorium' Will he come? Symphony in E major, ‘Irish Symphony' (Andante espressivo) Cox and Box (excerpt) The Merry Wives of Windsor (excerpts) Lead Kindly Light HMS Pinafore (excerpts) Pirates of Penzance (excerpt) Who is like unto thee Mikado (excerpts) The Golden Legend (excerpt) Ruddigore (excerpts) The Yeomen of the Guard (excerpts) Ivanhoe (excerpt) Utopia Limited (Society has quite forsaken) The Long Day Closes Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Luke Whitlock For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kpgh And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we've featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
The Mikado opened on March 14, 1885 to immediate acclaim, and went on to become W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's most famous and best-loved operetta, despite its tortured genesis. Due to growing creative tensions and their previous show flopping, Gilbert and Sullivan's partnership was on the rocks, so The Mikado's success took both completely by surprise. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly look at why the setting of The Mikado is really Japan in name only; discuss how Gilbert found inspiration in a sword hanging on his wall; and explain why Gilbert and Sullivan almost parted ways because of a magical love lozenge… Further Reading: ‘A big day in history: Gilbert and Sullivan unveil 'The Mikado'' (History Extra, 2012): https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/a-big-day-in-history-gilbert-and-sullivan-unveil-the-mikado/ ‘Arthur Sullivan - A Victorian Musician' (Taylor & Francis, 2018): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Arthur_Sullivan_A_Victorian_Musician/VXt_DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 ‘The Mikado' (BBC, 1987): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkOWxcbzn0&t=561s #Victorian #Theatre #Music Love the show? Join
Ralph Vaughan Williams arrived on the scene just as a definite English classical music sound was being established. His three main teachers at the Royal Academy of Music were Arthur Sullivan, Hubert Parry, and Charles Stanford. Edward Elgar and Gustav Holst also had an influence on Vaughan Williams.
we saw Kenneth Branagh before he became Kenneth Branagh
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SKIP TO 00:13:43 TO GET TO THIS WEEK'S EPISODE This episode is sponsored! Buy Manscaped products: https://www.manscaped.com & use code “LETSGETHAUNTED” for 20% off + free shipping. Welcome to Episode 127: The Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack! Victorian England was an exciting time of progress and growth, but you can't have growth without a few growing pains. By 1825, London was declared the largest city in the world, and its infrastructure struggled to keep up with the boom in industry and immigration. As London scrambled to find solutions to pressing issues such as housing, plumbing, and transportation, the newly formed London Metropolitan Police Force grappled with the issue of rising crime. We all know the story of Jack The Ripper, the notorious serial killer who preyed on Victorian sex workers, but before he could rear his ugly head in 1888, a different Jack was busy terrorizing the streets of London. Beginning his reign of terror in 1837 and, according to some, lurking on Britain's darkened streets and rooftops still today, this Jack would come to be known as: Spring-Heeled Jack. Come with us on a journey as we explore the story that would eventually be dubbed “The Victorian Era's First Urban Legend”. TIME STAMPS 00:00:40 - Donor Shoutouts 00:01:10 - Personal Hauntings 00:08:25 - Manscaped ad read 00:13:43 - Part I: Victorian London 00:40:48 - Part II: The Tale of Spring-Heeled Jack 01:35:53 - Part III: Unconfirmed Sightings 01:39:00 - Part IV: The Theories 02:07:00 - Sources —— Other Important Stuff: Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our stupid show: https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Check out the photo dump for this week's episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com —— BACKGROUND MUSIC Song: Triumph (No Copyright Music) Music and Production by Pepe Pérez TRIUMPH. Music Orchestral Instrumental EPIC Motivational. No copyright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JsdH... Song: “Thanksgiving Background Music NO COPYRIGHT - Thanksgiving Dinner Music” By: Sound Center - Free Copyright Music Title: Home For The Holidays by TrackTribe Genre and Mood: Jazz & Blues/ Romantic Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihi_WzJXmQ4 Song: Victoria and Merrie England, Suite No. 1 from the ballet (1897) by Arthur Sullivan (public domain) Song: “Aftermath” by Kevin MacLeod found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJApqlWZTHo Song: “Abyss” by Myuu, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XmKYYm1Elw SOUND EFFECTS Effect Name: Track 6 of Spooky laugh sound effect no copyright | halloween laughter 2021 | scary laugh sound | HQ By: Nagaty Studio - Sound Effects Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dMe5oVi0DU Effect Name: Evil Laugh Sound Effect HD | No Copyright (128 kbps) By: CoolSoundFX Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjMiVRVpFs0 Effect Name: Horse and Carriage Transportation Sound Effects (No Copyright Sounds) By: Audio Library Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-U9jumokRs Effect Name: Assassin's Creed - Victorian London Street - ASMR Ambience Effect Name: Steam Train Departing Sound effect By: Josh Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkMgPf1AY6M
H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. H.M.S. Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan's fourth operatic collaboration and their first international sensation.Purchase the music (without talk) at:Gilbert and Sullivan: HMS Pinafore (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences and critics. Its London debut was on 3 April 1880, at the Opera Comique, where it ran for 363 performances.Purchase the music (without talk) at:Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
Josh Butt is the Founder and Executive Producer of Audio Content Agency Ampel. In this three part series of Managing Marketing, the team at Ampel take Trinity P3 Founder and CEO Darren Woolley on a journey through the state of sound. Audio on demand has had exceptional growth between 2014-2022 with the huge success of podcasts and radio station's acceptance of audio on demand technology. Marketers have noticed -- and audio advertising, both radio and podcasts, have started to become a common part of the marketing mix. As Josh Butt and Darren Woolley discuss, audio advertising has been around for 100+ years, and jingles, audio logos and sonic identifiers have long been used to influence consumer behaviour. Everyone knows that a great song on the radio or a memorable jingle can trigger the brain to feel, remember and to transport us to a past memory. So why aren't brands leveraging this psychological trigger to build better connections and relationships with their customers? In this introduction to a 3 part series focused on audio for brands, and the people who are tasked with growing them, Ampel founder and EP Josh Butt takes Darren on the journey of creating a great brand sound - from the audio logo, to the music and sound mnemonics. Ampel creates the brand sound for Trinity P3, and extends it into the Managing Marketing podcast through an interactive demonstration. Along the way, Josh will share some favourite jingles, some audio work he wished he did, Sonic ID and sounds to surprise and delight. With thanks to Josh Butt, Michelle Lomas, Stuart Buckland, Lauren Deighton, Tania Peres, Justin McArthur, Luke Sewell, Brittany Frappell and Sez O'Neill from Ampel If you are interested in finding out more about what a professional audio channel can do for your company, visit ampel.com.au or email us at hearhere@ampel.com.au Thanks to Melod.ie for their music. Recorded at King Sound Studio with thanks to Joe Lewis. References: Audio was first recorded via an oil lamp, a French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, who etched visual sound waves onto paper covered in soot and smoke from a burning oil lamp via a device called a phonautograph. https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/oldest-recordings/ 1888 Arthur Sullivan - first etched music on phonograph This is the earliest recording of music known to exist. In 1888 a recording of Arthur Sullivan's song 'The Lost Chord' was etched onto a phonograph cylinder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=Lv7i-gkSWn0&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=d60944 Sullivan was quoted as saying: "I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified…at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever."If only he knew what would come with radio advertising. WEAF Radio New York was a radio station that AT&T's only goal was, was to trade time for money - a radio phone booth that created the financial model for radio stations and the first thing broadcast was an ad. For a property development in Jackson Heights New York. Recreated on New York's WEAF's 30th anniversary - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d6GIw7f_ZulARlfj8RcEcl-JRRaweAsM/view?usp=sharing NBC Chimes 1933 First recording - Indigenous Corroboree 1901-1902 ABC Radio - 1943 Fanfare Recording War of the Worlds Older Radio Ads in Australia Mojo Toyota Forklift jingle 3AK Footy Sonic Branding NPR / 20khz (HBO 2.0) EA SPORTS Streaming services Netflix 2019 Tudum (Italy) McDonalds Martin Molloy 3D Radio Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/managing-marketing/id1018735190 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/75mJ4Gt6MWzFWvmd3A64XW?si=a3b63c66ab6e4934 Listen on Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjE2MTQ0MjA2NC9zb3VuZHMucnNz Listen on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/managing-marketing Listen on Podbean: https://managingmarketing.podbean.com/ For more episodes of TrinityP3's Managing Marketing podcast, visit https://www.trinityp3.com/managing-marketing-podcasts/
The Mikado or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations. It opened on 14 March 1885, in London, where it ran at the Savoy Theatre for 672 performances, the second-longest run for any work of musical theatre and one of the longest runs of any theatre piece up to that time. By the end of 1885, it was estimated that, in Europe and America, at least 150 companies were producing the opera.Purchase the music (without talk) at:Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)
The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid, is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 3 October 1888 and ran for 423 performances. This was the eleventh collaboration of fourteen between Gilbert and Sullivan.Purchase the music (without talk) at:Gilbert and Sullivan: Yeoman of the Guard (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
With a chorus of voices warning Germany is set for recession, we get an update from Europe's largest economy Arthur Sullivan, Journalist with DW Business spoke to Gavin this morning on the show.
Arthur Sullivan - Henry VIII: Water Music RTE Concert Orchestra Andrew Penny, conductor More info about today's track: Naxos 8.555181 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon
Arthur Sullivan - The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture Royal Ballet Sinfonia Andrew Penny, conductor More info about today's track: Naxos 8.572098-99 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon
Welcome back to the second part of the conversation with Mike and Thos about Twisted – The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier as they study the craft and skill on display in this amusing parody musical before Thos concludes his unexpected look at viziers in musicals as he discusses The Rose of Persia, Arthur Sullivan's last comic musical from 1899.
In this episode, we discuss the current Indiana University Opera production, H.M.S. with music composed by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W.S. Gilbert. This time, Elizabeth got the chance to speak with doctoral student Benjamin Czarnota who is singing the role of Sir Joseph Porter in this production, along with musicology master's student Maggie Eronimous. Put on your top hats and let's explore the Victorian world of Gilbert and Sullivan.
HMS PINAFORE; OR, THE LASS WHO LOVED A SAILOR COMPOSER: Arthur Sullivan LYRICIST: W.S. Gilbert BOOK: W.S. Gilbert DIRECTOR: W.S. Gilbert CHOREOGRAPHER: John D'Auban PRINCIPLE CAST: Blanche Roosevelt (Josephine), J.H. Ryley (Sir Joseph), Hugh Talbert (Ralph Rackstraw) OPENING DATE: December 1st, 1879 CLOSING DATE: December 27th, 1879 PERFORMANCES: 28 SYNOPSIS: Josephine, the daughter of a British Naval Captain, has become the object of two men's desires: Ralph, a lowly Sailor, and Sir Joseph, the First Lord of Admiralty. Trapped between society's expectations and her own heart's desires, Josephine must make a decision on whom to marry. Rupert and Richard Holmes detail the unparalleled significance on musical theatre history by Gilbert and Sullivan's second major collaboration, H.M.S. Pinafore, which established the popularity of witty patter songs and laid a framework for love stories told through operetta. The simplicity of the narrative and clarity of the stock characters has made the show a success which has delighted audiences through the ages. Upon its American premiere, H.M.S. Pinafore was an immediate success, launching a new standard for musical entertainment which would redefine what musical theatre could accomplish. Gilbert and Sullivan's joint and individual oeuvres are detailed through an analysis of their longstanding global popularity. Richard Holmes- A fixture of the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players for forty years, he recently performed H.M.S. Pinafore's Captain Corcoran for the 215th time, and has earned kudos in 31 principal roles in all 13 Savoy operas across the United States and England. He made his stage debut in the Metropolitan Opera Childrens' Chorus and his extraordinary half-century career at the Met was recently highlighted in the acclaimed film The Opera House. He has additionally played 160 major roles at such venues as Glimmerglass Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Virginia Opera, countless others, and soloed at major festivals across Europe and Russia. Rupert Holmes- the first person in Broadway history to solely win Tony® awards as author, composer and lyricist of a musical—The Mystery of Edwin Drood—which also won the Tony® for Best Musical. Add identical Drama Desk awards plus their additional category of Best Orchestration. He received the Best Book Drama Desk award for Curtains and Tony® noms for Book and Add'l Lyrics. For Say Goodnight, Gracie he received a Tony® Best Play nom and won LORT's National Broadway Theatre award. Twice a recipient of MWA's “Edgar” Award, his novels are Where the Truth Lies, Swing and The McMaster's Guide to Homicide. TV: Creator-writer of AMC's Remember WENN. SOURCES HMS Pinafore by WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, published by Dover Publications (2002) HMS Pinafore, The D'Oyle Carte Company & Isidore Godfrey, Decca Records (1959) Ayre, Leslie. The Gilbert & Sullivan Companion. London: Papermac, 1985. Gilbert and Sullivan: HMS Pinafore starring Frankie Howerd and Peter Marshall, directed by Rodney Greenberg. Acord Media (1982) The Topsy Turvy World of Gilbert and Sullivan by Keith Dockray and Alan Sutton, published by Fonthell Media (2020) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Description: In this episode, host Jonathon, Elliot, and Hanae discuss the musicals that inspired them and the musicals that they want to see. Jonathon takes coffee recommendations, Elliot shares his favourite Lin-Manuel Miranda grandma, and Hanae is a hermit crab. Show Notes: List of all the musicals mentioned: Frozen (2013 film) Tangled (2010 film) Tangled Series - Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017 - 2020) Moana (2016 film) Wicked (2003 Broadway Musical) In the Heights (2021 Musical film) Hamilton (2015 Off-Broadway) Gilbert and Sullivan - W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911) was the dramatist and Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900) was the composer in their theatrical partnership. Pirates of Penzance (1879 Broadway Musical) Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2016 Broadway Musical) GroundHog Day by Tim Minchin (premiered on Broadway in 2017) Matilda the Musical (2010) Aladdin (2011 Broadway Musical) Sunday in the Park with George (1984 Broadway Musical) Miss Saigon (1989 Musical)
Arthur Sullivan was one of Britain's most important composers, one half of a little theatrical team known as Gilbert and Sullivan.
Nos acercamos en el capítulo de hoy a la Historia y Orígenes del piano, desde el primer instrumento de Bartolomeo Cristofori a las novedades mecánicas introducidas por los constructores alemanes e ingleses a lo largo del s. XVIII. También tendremos tiempo de hablar de algunos de los primeros géneros del jazz y de conocer a sir Arthur Sullivan.
Episode 18. Edmund Hamilton Sears (April 6, 1810 – January 14, 1876) was an American Unitarian parish minister and author who wrote a number of theological works influencing 19th-century liberal Protestants. Today, Sears is primarily known as the man who penned the words to "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" in 1849. It has been sung to two tunes, one by Richard Storrs Willis and another adapted by Arthur Sullivan from a traditional English air. Sears originally wrote the song as a melancholy reflection on his times while a minister in Wayland, Massachusetts, US. However, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" has since become a popular Christmas carol.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 259, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ballet In The '90s 1: Of Jerome Robbins' ballet based on this musical, New York Magazine quipped, "When you're a Jete...". West Side Story. 2: Matthew Bourne set his innovative new production of "Cinderella" in this city during the Blitz. London. 3: We hope the Artist Formerly Known As this saw "Billboards", a rock ballet danced to his music. Prince. 4: The 18 vampire brides in the Houston Ballet's show about this count could be called the corpse de ballet. Count Dracula. 5: In just 2 months in 1993 the NYCB presented 73 works by this late Russian-American choreographer. George Balanchine. Round 2. Category: Celebrity Hodgepodge 1: Verna Felton was the voice of the nice fairy godmother in "Cinderella" and the mean Queen of Hearts in this film. Alice in Wonderland. 2: This aunt of George Clooney divorced Jose Ferrer the same day Dinah Shore divorced George Montgomery. Rosemary Clooney. 3: Kenneth Branagh was born in this capital of Northern Ireland in 1960. Belfast. 4: This Roy Rogers co-star once stunned his fans by entering a NYC hotel lobby and signing the register himself. Trigger. 5: No wonder Kiri Te Kanawa became an opera singer; she's a descendant of this noted partner of W.S. Gilbert. Arthur Sullivan. Round 3. Category: Star Trek, Star Wars Or Lord Of The Rings 1: A council that takes place at Rivendell is central to its plot. Lord of the Rings. 2: In its lore, a Bajoran wormhole leads to the Gamma Quadrant. Star Trek. 3: This one lent its name to a defensive weapons system that many felt was a pie-in-the-sky fantasy. Star Wars. 4: A race called the Andorians causes trouble for the humans in this one. Star Trek. 5: Its creator was born in South Africa. Lord of the Rings. Round 4. Category: The Quotable Franklin 1: "In the world nothing is certain but" these 2 things. Death and Taxes. 2: These "fell great oaks". Little Srokes. 3: Completes his line on the death of Georgiana Shipley's squirrel, "Here Skugg lies snug...". As a bug in a rug. 4: "They are so grateful" was his 8th and last reason for preferring this type of mistress. Older Women. 5: Completes his maxim, "Some are weather-wise...". "Some are other-wise". Round 5. Category: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure 1: If you like 3-D action, you'll love the amazing adventures of this webslinger. Spider-Man. 2: Sam-I-Am knows Universal has a cafe named for this "colorful" title breakfast. "Green Eggs and Ham". 3: A T-rex attacks just before you take an 85-foot plunge on the ride named for this 1993 film. Jurassic Park. 4: Seuss Landing is home to a rollicking ride named for this famous feline. The Cat in the Hat. 5: On Marvel's Superhero Island you may turn green when you ride the roller coaster named for him. The Incredible Hulk. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
This is a 19th-century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865, and the music was composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. Sullivan named the tune "St. Gertrude," after the wife of his friend Ernest Clay Ker Seymer, at whose country home he composed the tune. The Salvation Army adopted the hymn as its favored processional. The piece became Sullivan's most popular hymn. The lyric was written as a processional hymn for children walking from Horbury Bridge to Horbury St Peter's Church near Wakefield, Yorkshire, at Whitsuntide in 1865. It was originally entitled, "Hymn for Procession with Cross and Banners." According to the Centre for Church Music, Baring-Gould reportedly wrote "Onward, Christian Soldiers" in about 15 minutes, later apologizing, "It was written in great haste, and I am afraid that some of the lines are faulty." He later allowed hymn-book compilers to alter the lyrics.
Riding high on the tide of their smash success, H.M.S. Pinafore, W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan enjoyed celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic. While engaged in defending the integrity of their work against inferior pirated versions, they hastily completed and premiered a show about a group of inferior pirates. Pirates of Penzance is almost certainly Gilbert and Sullivan's most enduringly popular collaboration, giving us memorable tunes and characters such as the steadfast Mabel, the swashbuckling Pirate King, and the Very Model of a Modern Major General. By turns hilarious, incisive, and thrilling, this masterful operetta is a joy to experience. Furthermore, in keeping with the spirit of a Gilbert and Sullivan presentation, we have a one-act “opener,” Cox and Box. This show, though comic and tuneful, pre-dates the famous partnership, and pairs Sullivan's compositions with a libretto by F.C. Burnand. It's a charming farce, with a most unusual lullabye! Hosted by Pat and Rosie
Episode 1559: Our article of the day is Arthur Sullivan (Australian soldier).
Gavin McLoughlin is joined by Arthur Sullivan, journalist at Deutsche Welle Business. Taking Stock with on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.
On May 28, 1974, the worst orchestra in the world performed at the Royal Albert Hall. That's not so unusual. The Albert Hall isn't Carnegie Hall. It's not an exclusive, prestigious venue where only the greatest may perform. It is simply London's most historic gathering place. Many strange and marvelous things have happened there, including militant political rallies, beat poetry, and appearances by celebrity ghosts. In this episode of Ghost Echoes, we present you five extraordinary evenings at the Albert Hall. Follow on Facebook | Twitter | Podchaser Music and Sound Notes: -- The episode opens with the Portsmouth Sinfonia's performance of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. The section on the opening concert of the RAH features the final chorus from Arthur Sullivan's cantata On Shore and Sea, performed by the soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Imperial Opera, conducted by Michael Withers. The final section on the RAH in the 60s contains snippets from Cream's performance of “Spoonful” in the hall, and Pink Floyd rehearsing “A Saucerful of Secrets” with Rick Wright on the grand organ, just before the show that got them “banned for life.” Further reading, listening: -- A great deal of basic information came from the official Royal Albert Hall website. -- Information on the suffragette movement's meetings in the RAH came from this piece by Susanne Keyte in the Telegraph, and History is a Weapon, where you can read Emmaline Pankhurst's full speech. -- This contemporaneous account in Time Magazine helped flesh out Arthur Conan Doyle's seance. The audio of Conan Doyle speaking about spiritualism–as well as the audio of “Conan Doyle” speaking at a seance four years after his death–are from the collection of the British Library. -- John Bennett's Krayology was enormously useful for the section on the Kray twins. More detail came from Steve Bunce in the Independent. -- The International Poetry Incarnation is discussed at some length in the documentary A Technicolour Dream. It is also the subject of the documentary Wholly Communion, which is where the clips of Ginsberg and company come from.
Today in 1892, English contralto Clara Butt made her professional debut in London at the Royal Albert Hall. On today's "A Classical Day in the Life", we explore Butt's career from her debut in Arthur Sullivan's cantata The Golden Legend to her association with Edward Elgar.