Podcasts about elin manahan thomas

Elin Manahan Thomas's recommendation for the ultimate recording of Britten's War Requiem.

Elin Manahan-Thomas's chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's song-cycle Myrthen. The 26 songs that Schumann published under the title Myrthen (Myrtles) were all composed in 1840, the year in which great songs flowed out of him in a great flood of inspiration. He gave a beautifully bound edition of the Myrthen songs to his bride Clara on the eve of their wedding that year. This cycle contains some of Schumann's most popular songs such as Der Nussbaum and Die Lotosblume. And some of the greatest Lieder singers from Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to Christian Gerhaher have recorded their interpretations of many of these great songs.

Elin Manahan Thomas compares recordings of Beethoven's Missa solemnis and chooses her favourite. Beethoven's setting of the Solemn Mass is one of the monuments of choral music. Written between 1819 and 1823, it is widely thought of as one of Beethoven's towering achievements. It was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf of Austria, one of Beethoven's most generous patrons as well as pupil and friend. The copy given to Rudolf was inscribed with the phrase: "From the heart – may it return to the heart!"

Un 21 de noviembre de 1695 falleció el famoso compositor inglés Henry Purcell. Una de sus obras más famosas, la ópera Dido y Eneas alcanzó un nivel de expresión vocal entonces sin precedentes en las obras vocales inglesas. La ópera se basa en un episodio de la Eneida de Virgilio, una antigua historia que relata las aventuras del héroe Eneas tras la caída de Troya. Como el público barroco conocía muy bien este clásico de Virgilio, el libretista Nahum Tate pudo comprimir el argumento y sugerir más que ahondar en los detalles. De esta obra, el aria que más se conoce es el Lamento de Dido, pieza emocionalmente desgarradora, cuya particularidad musical radica en que fue escrita sobre un bajo ostinato llamado passus duriusculus (serie de 5 notas descendentes en escala cromática; que se repite 9 veces a lo largo de la pieza): que en la música barroca siempre simboliza el dolor. Hoy escucharemos el Lamento de Dido en la voz de Elin Manahan Thomas acompañada por la Orquesta de la Época de las Luces dirigida por Harry Christophers

Elin Manahan Thomas selects her favourite recordings of the music of Josquin des Prez

Le magazine de la musique contemporaine présenté par Christine Gyselings. Actualité, rencontres et festivals (Tactus, Ars Musica, MusMa...) sont au programme de cette émission de fin de semaine qui aborde le répertoire d'aujourd'hui de façon accessible. Production et présentation : Christine Gyselings (cgy@rtbf.be)

Elin Manahan Thomas recommends recordings of Poulenc's Gloria

Elin Manahan Thomas recommends recordings of Leoš Janáček's Glagolitic Mass

Elin Manahan Thomas recommends recordings of Finzi's Dies Natalis

In this Wee Chat we talk with Elin Manahan Thomas, classical singer and Royal Wedding singer (by royal appointment!) for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle AKA the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. She covers many topics around the psychology of performing including being in the zone, the different colours of being in the zone, expressing […] The post Wee Chat with Elin Manahan Thomas – Classical singer, and Royal Wedding singer appeared first on Wee Chats With Brilliant People.

Gruffydd Wyn Roberts, Elin Manahan Thomas, Myrddin ap Dafydd, a Sophie Jones

Tom Service on the music, meaning and occasional madness of the world's national anthems. How are they chosen, what are they for, and is the music any good? He's joined by writer Alex Marshall, author of the book "Republic or Death, Travels in Search of National Anthems",and by soprano Elin Manahan Thomas who looks at why some of them are easier to sing than others... Rethink Music, with The Listening Service. Each week, Tom aims to open our ears to different ways of imagining a musical idea, a work, or a musical conundrum, on the premise that "to listen" is a decidedly active verb. How does music connect with us, make us feel that gamut of sensations from the fiercely passionate to the rationally intellectual, from the expressively poetic to the overwhelmingly visceral? What's happening in the pieces we love that takes us on that emotional rollercoaster? And what's going on in our brains when we hear them? When we listen - really listen - we're not just attending to the way that songs, symphonies, and string quartets work as collections of notes and melodies. We're also creating meanings and connections that reverberate powerfully with other worlds of ideas, of history and culture, as well as the widest range of musical genres. We're engaging the world with our ears. The Listening Service aims to help make those connections, to listen actively.

Welcome to another scintillating edition of the Classic Newsnight podcast. All right then, let’s cut the hyperbole and tell you what’s in it. The fifth Mostly Mozart Festival has just got underway at the Barbican in London, and Bob Jones has been investigating a project in which Mozart’s music is used as the starting point for improvisation. We have our regular weekly check-up with the Classic FM doctor, Rob Hicks; and we meet the Welsh soprano, Elin Manahan Thomas, whose debut CD has just hit the shops. And speaking of Wales, one of Chris Powling’s book choices this week involves a Welsh author he tells me writes like a dream. So stop dreaming and start clicking!