Podcasts about Gerontius

Wenn es eine offizielle Liste der "legendären Konzertsaalkatastrophen" gäbe, hätte "The Dream of Gerontius" einen fest Platz darin. Der Komponist Edward Elgar hatte einfach Pech bei der Uraufführung. Von Christoph Vratz.

Donald Macleod delves into some of Edward Elgar's greatest passions.Edward Elgar was a man of many passions, from cycling to chemistry. This week, Donald Macleod explores five Elgar's greatest passions. Music Featured: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 Caractacus, Op 35 (Scene 3, excerpt) Pomp and Circumstance March No 3 in C minor The Spirit of England, Op. 80 (No 3, For the Fallen) Coronation Ode, Op 44 (Crown the King) Salut D'Amour, Op 12 The Wind at Dawn 2 Partsongs, Op 26 (No 2, Fly, Singing Bird) String Quartet in E minor, Op 83 (2nd mvt) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 Ave Verum Corpus, Op 2, No 1 The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 (excerpt from Part 2) The Apostles, Op 49 (excerpt from Part 1) The Kingdom, Op 51 (Prelude) Te Deum, Op 34 No 1 Enigma Variations, Op 36 Violin Concerto in B minor, Op 61 (2nd mvt) Carissima Five Part-songs from The Greek Anthology, Op 45 Sea Pictures, Op 37 (No 2, In Haven) Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op 47 Land of Hope and Glory Symphony No 1 in A flat major, Op 55 (4th mvt)Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Alice McKee for BBC Audio Wales & WestFor 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 Edward Elgar (1857-1934) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002bw86 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

L'oratori dad Edward Elgar raquinta en pliras episodas il viadi da l'olma suenter ch'ella ha bandunà il corp mort. «The Dream of Gerontius» (titel original, op. 38) è in oratori dad Edward Elgar che ha festivà sia primaudiziun l'onn 1900. L'ovra tutga tar las pli impurtantas ovras dal cumponist englais e giauda gronda popularitad en sia patria. Dals organisaturs dal «Birmingham Triennal Music Festival» dal 1900, il pli impurtant festival da chors da lez temp, ha Elgar survegnì l'incumbensa da scriver in'ovra per chor. En si'ovra sa basa Elgar sin la poesia dal cardinal John Henry Newman. El descriva en ina retscha d'episodas liricas e dramaticas il viadi da l'olma suenter ch'ella ha bandunà il corp mort. Tenor la teoria da la Baselgia catolica (Elgar era catolic) va l'olma tras pliras regiuns da l'auter mund, lura tras il purgatieri accumpagnà d'in anghel protectur per la finala pudair guardar la gloria da Dieu. In'ovra sco fatg per il Di da las olmas.

Full Text of ReadingsTuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 450The Saint of the day is Saint John Henry NewmanSaint John Henry Newman’s Story John Henry Newman, the 19th-century's most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an Anglican and the second half as a Roman Catholic. He was a priest, popular preacher, writer, and eminent theologian in both churches. Born in London, England, he studied at Oxford's Trinity College, was a tutor at Oriel College, and for 17 years was vicar of the university church, St. Mary the Virgin. He eventually published eight volumes of Parochial and Plain Sermons as well as two novels. His poem, “Dream of Gerontius,” was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar. After 1833, Newman was a prominent member of the Oxford Movement, which emphasized the Church's debt to the Church Fathers and challenged any tendency to consider truth as completely subjective. Historical research made Newman suspect that the Roman Catholic Church was in closest continuity with the Church that Jesus established. In 1845, he was received into full communion as a Catholic. Two years later he was ordained a Catholic priest in Rome and joined the Congregation of the Oratory, founded three centuries earlier by Saint Philip Neri. Returning to England, Newman founded Oratory houses in Birmingham and London and for seven years served as rector of the Catholic University of Ireland. Before Newman, Catholic theology tended to ignore history, preferring instead to draw deductions from first principles—much as plane geometry does. After Newman, the lived experience of believers was recognized as a key part of theological reflection. Newman eventually wrote 40 books and 21,000 letters that survive. Most famous are his book-length Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine, Apologia Pro Vita Sua—his spiritual autobiography up to 1864—and Essay on the Grammar of Assent. He accepted Vatican I's teaching on papal infallibility while noting its limits, which many people who favored that definition were reluctant to do. When Newman was named a cardinal in 1879, he took as his motto “Cor ad cor loquitur”—“Heart speaks to heart.” He was buried in Rednal 11 years later. After his grave was exhumed in 2008, a new tomb was prepared at the Oratory church in Birmingham. Three years after Newman died, a Newman Club for Catholic students began at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In time, his name was linked to ministry centers at many public and private colleges and universities in the United States. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI beatified Newman in London. Benedict noted Newman's emphasis on the vital place of revealed religion in civilized society, but also praised his pastoral zeal for the sick, the poor, the bereaved, and those in prison. Pope Francis canonized Newman in October 2019. Saint John Henry Newman’s liturgical feast is celebrated on October 9. Reflection John Henry Newman has been called the “absent Father of Vatican II” because his writings on conscience, religious liberty, Scripture, the vocation of lay people, the relation of Church and State, and other topics were extremely influential in the shaping of the Council's documents. Although Newman was not always understood or appreciated, he steadfastly preached the Good News by word and example. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Dr. Guerra: membrane graduate biochemistry lecture notes J Cell Mol Med . 2015 Jul;19(7):1427-40 Langmuir, 2018, 34 (1), pp 530–539 Elgar, E. 1900. The Dream of Gerontius https://youtu.be/rnwmVypRY-g?si=CxF8tZrfRR-uWdhn --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dr-daniel-j-guerra/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dr-daniel-j-guerra/support

I don't want you digging too deep into this, but I think there is something in the dark... Welcome back scummer, it's been a hell of a ride. What started off as a simple attempt at murder-cyborging old Gerontius has really turned into a whole thing, hasn't it? In this episode, the boys close off the Aranthian Succession with a bang, a scream, a Squat Holdfast minus the Squats and a Baneblade tow truck with a cup holder on every chair. We get a few answers to questions we didn't even know we had asked, Spamuel gets his vindication (apparently), we theorise on the evolution of irradiated Genestealers and there's a lot of talk about goblins... So take a seat, kick your feet up, ignore your co-workers and enjoy a hot cup of recaff, cause this is an episode you don't wanna miss a minute of. If you have questions, complaints, corrections or suggestions, email us at Underhivelorekeepers@gmail.com. Want to support the show? https://linktr.ee/underhivelorekeepers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/underhivelorekeepers/message

SynopsisDespite a disastrous premiere in Birmingham on today's date in 1900, Edward Elgar's oratorio The Dream of Gerontius has become one of his best-loved and most-frequently performed works in the UK, where, in 2015, Classic FM offered a guide to what it called the work's “most epic choral stupendousness.”Here's Classic FM's summary of its story: “The piece follows an ‘everyman' character (the word ‘Gerontius' comes from the Greek for ‘old man') as he faces death, meets his guardian angel and goes before his God before being taken to Purgatory with the promise of everlasting glory.”Well, all that Roman Catholic talk of Purgatory in the poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman that Elgar set to music did not sit well with the Church of England in the early decades of the 20th century. Many Anglican clerics flatly refused to let it be performed in their cathedrals. But that controversy is long a thing of the past, and nowadays Gerontius is performed at cathedrals such as St. Paul's in London and in concert venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, where in 1991 it was performed at the BBC Proms in the presence of the Prince of Wales, now known as King Charles III.Music Played in Today's ProgramEdward Elgar (1857-1934) — The Dream of Gerontius (John Shirley-Quirk, bar.; London Symphony Chorus; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Symphony Orchestra; Benjamin Britten, cond.) London/Decca 448170

Full Text of ReadingsTwenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 133The Saint of the day is Saint John Henry NewmanSaint John Henry Newman’s Story John Henry Newman, the 19th-century's most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an Anglican and the second half as a Roman Catholic. He was a priest, popular preacher, writer, and eminent theologian in both churches. Born in London, England, he studied at Oxford's Trinity College, was a tutor at Oriel College, and for 17 years was vicar of the university church, St. Mary the Virgin. He eventually published eight volumes of Parochial and Plain Sermons as well as two novels. His poem, “Dream of Gerontius,” was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar. After 1833, Newman was a prominent member of the Oxford Movement, which emphasized the Church's debt to the Church Fathers and challenged any tendency to consider truth as completely subjective. Historical research made Newman suspect that the Roman Catholic Church was in closest continuity with the Church that Jesus established. In 1845, he was received into full communion as a Catholic. Two years later he was ordained a Catholic priest in Rome and joined the Congregation of the Oratory, founded three centuries earlier by Saint Philip Neri. Returning to England, Newman founded Oratory houses in Birmingham and London and for seven years served as rector of the Catholic University of Ireland. Before Newman, Catholic theology tended to ignore history, preferring instead to draw deductions from first principles—much as plane geometry does. After Newman, the lived experience of believers was recognized as a key part of theological reflection. Newman eventually wrote 40 books and 21,000 letters that survive. Most famous are his book-length Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine, Apologia Pro Vita Sua—his spiritual autobiography up to 1864—and Essay on the Grammar of Assent. He accepted Vatican I's teaching on papal infallibility while noting its limits, which many people who favored that definition were reluctant to do. When Newman was named a cardinal in 1879, he took as his motto “Cor ad cor loquitur”—“Heart speaks to heart.” He was buried in Rednal 11 years later. After his grave was exhumed in 2008, a new tomb was prepared at the Oratory church in Birmingham. Three years after Newman died, a Newman Club for Catholic students began at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In time, his name was linked to ministry centers at many public and private colleges and universities in the United States. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI beatified Newman in London. Benedict noted Newman's emphasis on the vital place of revealed religion in civilized society, but also praised his pastoral zeal for the sick, the poor, the bereaved, and those in prison. Pope Francis canonized Newman in October 2019. Saint John Henry Newman’s liturgical feast is celebrated on October 9. Reflection John Henry Newman has been called the “absent Father of Vatican II” because his writings on conscience, religious liberty, Scripture, the vocation of lay people, the relation of Church and State, and other topics were extremely influential in the shaping of the Council's documents. Although Newman was not always understood or appreciated, he steadfastly preached the Good News by word and example. Learn about these 10 influential Catholics! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

This week…catch a preview of the first full performance in Rome of The Dream of Gerontius based on Cardinal Newman's poem. Plus, a conversation with Cardinal Mario Grech, General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops.

Esta semana en Vaticano, repasamos las dos noticias más importantes desde Roma y luego presentamos nuestro segmento semanal "Vaticano Updates", que trae las cinco noticias más destacadas del Vaticano y de la Iglesia mundial. Nuestro reportaje principal trata sobre la primera presentación completa en Roma de El sueño de Gerontius, basado en el poema del Cardenal Newman y la música de Edward Elgar. Nuestro segmento de entrevistas es una conversación entre el Cardenal Mario Grech, Secretario General del Sínodo de los Obispos, y Andreas Thonhauser, Jefe de la Oficina de EWTN en el Vaticano. Y nuestro último segmento es la última parte de nuestra serie sobre los seminaristas del Pontificio Colegio Norteamericano.

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The British born musician, composer and writer Stephen Hough grew up in Cheshire, won the piano section of the very first BBC Young Musician of the Year competition as a teenager, before moving to New York to study at the Juilliard School of Music. Over the last 30 years, Stephen Hough has made more than 60 albums and is globally renowned for his thrilling live performances of a wide classical piano repertoire. Knighted in 2022 for services to music, he is also a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music, holds the International Chair of Piano Studies at his alma mater, the Royal Northern College in Manchester, and is a member of the faculty at The Juilliard School. Stephen talks to John Wilson about some of the most important influences on his musical career, starting with a 1962 LP called Keyboard Giants of the Past. This compilation album, bought for him just after he started to learn the piano aged 6, included artists from the earliest days of recording such as Ignace Paderewski, Vladimir de Pachmann and Sergei Rachmaninoff, all of whom inspired him with their rich artistry and individual styles. He reveals how Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius helped him back into the world of classical music after suffering a breakdown while at Cheetham's School of Music, and began his conversion to Catholicism as a teenager. Stephen also describes how leaving Cheshire for studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York was his coming-of-age in many ways and how winning the prestigious Naumburg International Piano Competition while a student there, launched his career aged 21. Producer: Edwina Pitman

Full Text of ReadingsSaturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 454All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint John Henry NewmanJohn Henry Newman, the 19th-century's most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an Anglican and the second half as a Roman Catholic. He was a priest, popular preacher, writer, and eminent theologian in both churches. Born in London, England, he studied at Oxford's Trinity College, was a tutor at Oriel College, and for 17 years was vicar of the university church, St. Mary the Virgin. He eventually published eight volumes of Parochial and Plain Sermons as well as two novels. His poem, “Dream of Gerontius,” was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar. After 1833, Newman was a prominent member of the Oxford Movement, which emphasized the Church's debt to the Church Fathers and challenged any tendency to consider truth as completely subjective. Historical research made Newman suspect that the Roman Catholic Church was in closest continuity with the Church that Jesus established. In 1845, he was received into full communion as a Catholic. Two years later he was ordained a Catholic priest in Rome and joined the Congregation of the Oratory, founded three centuries earlier by Saint Philip Neri. Returning to England, Newman founded Oratory houses in Birmingham and London and for seven years served as rector of the Catholic University of Ireland. Before Newman, Catholic theology tended to ignore history, preferring instead to draw deductions from first principles—much as plane geometry does. After Newman, the lived experience of believers was recognized as a key part of theological reflection. Newman eventually wrote 40 books and 21,000 letters that survive. Most famous are his book-length Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine, Apologia Pro Vita Sua—his spiritual autobiography up to 1864—and Essay on the Grammar of Assent. He accepted Vatican I's teaching on papal infallibility while noting its limits, which many people who favored that definition were reluctant to do. When Newman was named a cardinal in 1879, he took as his motto “Cor ad cor loquitur”—“Heart speaks to heart.” He was buried in Rednal 11 years later. After his grave was exhumed in 2008, a new tomb was prepared at the Oratory church in Birmingham. Three years after Newman died, a Newman Club for Catholic students began at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In time, his name was linked to ministry centers at many public and private colleges and universities in the United States. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI beatified Newman in London. Benedict noted Newman's emphasis on the vital place of revealed religion in civilized society, but also praised his pastoral zeal for the sick, the poor, the bereaved, and those in prison. Pope Francis canonized Newman in October 2019. Saint John Henry Newman's liturgical feast is celebrated on October 9. Reflection John Henry Newman has been called the “absent Father of Vatican II” because his writings on conscience, religious liberty, Scripture, the vocation of lay people, the relation of Church and State, and other topics were extremely influential in the shaping of the Council's documents. Although Newman was not always understood or appreciated, he steadfastly preached the Good News by word and example. Learn about these 10 influential Catholics! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Synopsis “The Three Choirs Festival” is one of England's oldest musical traditions. Established around 1715, it showcases the cathedral choirs of Gloucester, Worcester, and Herford, and presents both choral and orchestral works by British composers Vaughan Williams' “Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis” was premiered there in 1910, and in the audience was an 18-year-old aspiring composer named Herbert Howells, who later would relate how Vaughan Williams had sat next to him for the remainder of the concert and shared his score of Elgar's “The Dream of Gerontius” with him. Howells studied music at Gloucester Cathedral before heading off to London and the Royal College of Music. He also got married and had two children. In 1935, his 9-year-old son Michael contracted polio and died three days later. The grief-stricken Howells began composing a memorial work as private therapy, choral sketches he considered too painful to complete and too personal to have performed. But in 1950 Howells was asked for a new work to be premiered at Three Choirs Festival, and, at the urging of Vaughan Williams and others who had seen Howell's private sketches, Howells completed a work he titled “Hymnus Paradisi,” and led the premiere himself on September 7, 1950, one day after the 15th anniversary of his son's death. Music Played in Today's Program Herbert Howells (1892-1983) –Hymnus Paradisi (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra; Vernon Handley, cond.) Hyperion 66448

Angel: Sarah Connolly  Gerontius: Ben Heppner  Priest/Angel of the Agony: Gerald Finley Tanglewood Festival Chorus  Boston Symphony Orchestra  Conductor: Colin Davis Symphony Hall, Boston  26 January 2008

Donald Macleod explores Elgar's own belief that he was an outsider from British society Elgar is the composer we turn to in times of national celebration, of pride (Pomp and Circumstance Marches) and of public grief (Nimrod). He mingled with royalty and was made a knight of the realm, seemingly a pillar of the Edwardian and early 20th Century British establishment. And yet, for most of his life he felt himself to be a misfit. This week, Donald Macleod explores some of the reasons for that sense of unbelonging. Music Featured: Chanson du matin My love dwelt in a northern land Serenade for Strings (I. Allegro piacevole) Sea Pictures (I. Sea Slumber Song; II. In Haven (Capri); III. Sabbath Morning at Sea) Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma” (Var.7 (Troyte) – 14 (Finale - EDU)) Bavarian Dance No.1 From the Bavarian Highlands (V. On the Alm) The Dream of Gerontius, Part 2: “I see not those false spirits” … “Praise to the holiest” Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D The Apostles, Part 2, Scene 4: The Betrayal, In Gethsemane There is Sweet Music Introduction and Allegro In Smyrna Symphony No.1 in A flat (I. Andante (Nobilmente e semplice) – Allegro) Pomp and Circumstance March No.4 in G The Wand of Youth Suite (I. Fairies and Giants) Violin Concerto in B minor (I. Allegro) Piano Quintet in A minor (II. Adagio) Cockaigne (In London Town) – Overture Nursery Suite (I. Aubade; VI. The Merry Doll) Violin Sonata in E minor (III. Allegro non troppo) Cello Concerto in E minor Pomp and Circumstance March No.5 in C Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Graham Rogers 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 Edward Elgar (1857-1934) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001408x 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

Friday, January 7Optional Memorial of Saint Raymond of Penafort My sisters and brothers in the Lord,Welcome to Week One of Disciples Together on the Way.  In the Holy Gospels Our Blessed Lord identifies himself as “the way”. And, indeed, the early Christians often referred to their new life as disciples of Jesus Christ as “the Way” (e.g., Acts 9:2).Last year, many of us spent time together reading through selected books of Sacred Scripture as part of our Year of the Bible. I really enjoyed doing that with all of you. As we read the Bible, we were encountering the Word of God, that is, Jesus Christ himself. He was making us his disciples. He wants us to become even better disciples. So, together, this coming year, we will be presented with weekly challenges. These, I hope, will help each of us live an ever more authentic, deeper and happier Christian life as disciples of Jesus Christ.If we are on the way, however, where exactly are we going? Well, this life is a journey from God to God. He is our source and our destination. We are each a pilgrim on that narrow path. It's not an easy journey. We all know that. However, if we co-operate with God's grace we can make it and, even better, we can make it together. And, so, to the topic of our first weekly challenge: Praise.  The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that “Praise is the form of prayer which recognizes most immediately that God is God” adding that it “embraces the other forms of prayer and carries them toward him who is its source and goal” which is Almighty God (#2639).Praise puts us into right relationship with God and, as a result, we also find ourselves in right relationship with our brothers and sisters. Hence praise is an ideal place to begin our pilgrimage because it's also where, please God, we'll end our earthly pilgrimage.As a beautiful reminder of that, I'd recommend you find time to read or listen to the epic poem, the Dream of Gerontius. It was written by Saint John Henry Newman, and later set to music by the composer, Sir Edward Elgar. The poem follows the main character, Gerontius, as he nears death and then reawakens as a soul, preparing for judgment. As he approaches the throne of God, the heavenly angels can be heard singing in chorus: Praise. Praise. Praise. “Praise to the Holiest in the height; And in the depth be praise: In all His words most wonderful; Most sure in all His ways!” Heaven is a communion of praise of God. If we haven't done so already, let us begin to join that communion of praise this week.So, here's my twofold challenge which starts on the first day of the coming week, Sunday. Ready? Okay:First: Praise God every day this coming week. Every day. For example, pray the Divine Praises or the Glory Be upon waking each morning. Or do both!  Second: Praise at least one person each day this coming week. And praise them for something specific. How quick we can be to criticize. How slow we can be to praise. Yet, to praise others is also to praise God for the goodness of his creation.So, to recap: One: Praise God every day this week. Two, praise one of God's creatures every day. Disciples of the Lord must seek out and thank God for all that is good. So, let us be good disciples together on the Way.I'll be back with another challenge next week. Until then, may God bless you throughout this coming week, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.​+ Earl BoyeaBishop of Lansing

Death! Heaven! Hell! Purgatory! The end of time! Merry Christmas, you're welcome. This episode covers Part One, Section Two, Chapter Three, Articles 11-12 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.Contact the podcast: crashcoursecatholicism@gmail.com.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crashcoursecatholicism/.....References and further reading/listening/viewing:C.S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory”, The Weight of Glory C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce. Dir. Christopher Nolan, The Prestige. Pope Benedict XVI, Spe Salvi. C.S. Lewis, Letters To Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, Chapter 20. St John Henry Newman, The Dream of Gerontius. L M Montgomery, “Chapter XIV: A Danger Averted”, Anne of Avonlea. St John Paul II, General Audience, Wednesday 21 July 1999 St John Paul II, General Audience, Wednesday 28 July 1999Michael J. Sheehan, Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine1 Corinthians 15Fr Mike Schmitz, “The Lesser-Known Last Judgement”, YouTube. Fr Mike Schmitz, “What You Should Know About Purgatory”, YouTube. The Thomistic Institute, “The Immortality of the Soul”, YouTube. Pints With Aquinas, “Will Heaven get Boring?” YouTube. The Catholic Encyclopedia, “Eternity”. 

Find the syllabus for this talk here: https://tinyurl.com/4bjua79p This talk was given on October 16, 2021 at the University of Maryland. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the speaker: Michael Pakaluk received his Ph.D. in philosophy at Harvard University, where he studied philosophical logic with W.V. Quine, Burton Dreben, and Warren Goldfarb, philosophy of science with Hilary Putnam, and political philosophy with John Rawls. Rawls directed his dissertation, “Aristotle's Theory of Friendship,” and Sarah Broadie (then at Yale) also served on the thesis committee. Pakaluk counts as his main philosophical influences: Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Reid, and John Henry Newman. He encountered all four as a Marshall Scholar at the University of Edinburgh, where he wrote a thesis on Hume's Dialogues ("Hume's Naturalism and the Argument from Design"), became an expert in the main figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, and studied Aquinas and Newman under the guidance of the Dominican fathers there. Pakaluk's main work as a researcher has been in ancient philosophy, as he has authored many papers and three books concerned with Aristotelian ethics: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, books VIII and IX (Oxford); Aristotle's Ethics: An Introduction (Cambridge); and (with Giles Pearson) Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle (Oxford). His work is typified by the drawing of philosophical consequences from careful attention to philological considerations. His deeper concern is the recovery of a just appreciation of the classical outlook. Pakaluk has held appointments of Associate Professor at Clark University in Massachusetts--where he also served in a long and distinguished tenure as the Director of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy--and as full Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences and at Ave Maria University. He has been Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Brown University and at Santa Croce (Rome), Visiting Scholar in Classics at Cambridge University, and Visiting Scholar in Public Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews. His blog, Dissoi Bloggoi, currently inactive, has been influential in classical philosophy. His opinion pieces have appeared in First Things, Crisis, and the Boston Pilot. The account of his conversion and life with his late wife, Ruth, is found in the best-selling book, The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God, published by Ignatius Press. In 2011 he was appointed an Ordinarius of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Pakaluk's avocations include golf, tennis, hiking, the french horn, espresso drinks and single malt scotch. His skill in mixing cocktails has won him among friends the moniker, "Cardinal Martini." Works (songs) cited: Elgar, Edward. "The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part I Prelude." Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/3aH3DrgQzjHKEozU1yErcO?si=3dc65ac1bb9b4597. Elgar, Edward. "The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Part II Praise to the Holiest." Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/0mx3If8Bcar7tM0THf74e3?si=6f5c4fdfeb1f4879. Poulenc, Francis. "Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites, FP159, Act 3 Tableau 4: "Salve Regina" (La Foule, Les Carmélites)." Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/track/1lTT4V5foT1Nvo6ebxgbzr?si=7f17cfa5c2424f36.

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO ( 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elgar

Full Text of ReadingsFriday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 453All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint John Henry NewmanJohn Henry Newman, the 19th-century's most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an Anglican and the second half as a Roman Catholic. He was a priest, popular preacher, writer, and eminent theologian in both churches. Born in London, England, he studied at Oxford's Trinity College, was a tutor at Oriel College, and for 17 years was vicar of the university church, St. Mary the Virgin. He eventually published eight volumes of Parochial and Plain Sermons as well as two novels. His poem, “Dream of Gerontius,” was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar. After 1833, Newman was a prominent member of the Oxford Movement, which emphasized the Church's debt to the Church Fathers and challenged any tendency to consider truth as completely subjective. Historical research made Newman suspect that the Roman Catholic Church was in closest continuity with the Church that Jesus established. In 1845, he was received into full communion as a Catholic. Two years later he was ordained a Catholic priest in Rome and joined the Congregation of the Oratory, founded three centuries earlier by Saint Philip Neri. Returning to England, Newman founded Oratory houses in Birmingham and London and for seven years served as rector of the Catholic University of Ireland. Before Newman, Catholic theology tended to ignore history, preferring instead to draw deductions from first principles—much as plane geometry does. After Newman, the lived experience of believers was recognized as a key part of theological reflection. Newman eventually wrote 40 books and 21,000 letters that survive. Most famous are his book-length Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine, Apologia Pro Vita Sua—his spiritual autobiography up to 1864—and Essay on the Grammar of Assent. He accepted Vatican I's teaching on papal infallibility while noting its limits, which many people who favored that definition were reluctant to do. When Newman was named a cardinal in 1879, he took as his motto “Cor ad cor loquitur”—“Heart speaks to heart.” He was buried in Rednal 11 years later. After his grave was exhumed in 2008, a new tomb was prepared at the Oratory church in Birmingham. Three years after Newman died, a Newman Club for Catholic students began at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In time, his name was linked to ministry centers at many public and private colleges and universities in the United States. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI beatified Newman in London. Benedict noted Newman's emphasis on the vital place of revealed religion in civilized society, but also praised his pastoral zeal for the sick, the poor, the bereaved, and those in prison. Pope Francis canonized Newman in October 2019. Saint John Henry Newman's liturgical feast is celebrated on October 9. Reflection John Henry Newman has been called the “absent Father of Vatican II” because his writings on conscience, religious liberty, Scripture, the vocation of lay people, the relation of Church and State, and other topics were extremely influential in the shaping of the Council's documents. Although Newman was not always understood or appreciated, he steadfastly preached the Good News by word and example. Click here for our list of top 10 most influential Catholics! Saint of the Day Copyright Franciscan Media

In this, our final episode, we issue a very loud SPOILER ALERT as we unearth an ancient English national treasure, the film Penda's Fen (directed by Alan Clarke, 1974), exploring: the current relevance of Penda's Fen; the film as an initiation; its provenance; the problem of its Englishness; Pinvin and the Malvern Hills; William Langland and Edward Elgar; The Dream of Gerontius; Stephen's ignorance of his own sexuality; his notions of good and bad; the character of Arne and his counter-cultural views; Stephen's dream of demons and angels; the role of Manicheanism in the film; a possibly similar incident in the life of Carl Jung; good and evil as the products of personal participation rather than binary absolutes; the ceaseless battle between darkness and light; Stephen's visitation from a demon as an indication of deeper levels to his personality; impacts of Stephen's insights into himself; the beginnings of a new persona; "Pinvin" versus "Pinfin"; an encounter with an angel as the realisation of the possibility of Grace; "Pendefen"; the resurgence of the demon; a vision of the celebration of atrocity; Stephen realises he is not alone: insights into his father and Arne; messages in the landscape and the discovery of "Penda's Fen"; descent into the underworld: Stephen's meeting with Elgar; the humanity of genius and the longing of the dead for manifestation; the revelation of Stephen's origins; his acceptance of who he really is; Joan of Arc as a pagan worshipping an ancient god of death and resurrection; the sacrifice of humanity in the modern age; Stephen's father: "a self and a non-self"; Penda, the last pagan King in England; the demonization of Penda versus the more likely reality of his kingdom; Martin Wall on the magical potential of history; the implicit rather than explicit depiction of magick in the film; Stephen's rendition of Gerontius as a magical evocation; its magical result: a message and a vocation; the final scene as a temptation and a magical attack; the manifestation of King Penda and his mission for Stephen; the question of where we should direct our magick; a valediction. Matthew Harle & James Machin, eds. (2019). Of Mud & Flame: The Penda's Fen Sourcebook. London: Strange Attractor. C.G. Jung (1967). Memories, Dreams, Reflections. London: Fontana. Martin Wall (2019). The Magical History of Britain. Stroud: Amberley.

Episode #26: A grand mysterious harmony Uploaded: August 21, 2021 George Butterworth: Bredon Hill and other songs I. Bredon Hill [4:44] II. Oh fair enough are sky and plain [3:17] III. When the lad for longing sighs [1:44] IV. On the idle hill of summer [3:08] V. With rue my heart is laden [1:54] Bryn Terfel, baritone Malcolm Martineau, piano DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 445 946-2 George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad [10:19] Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Sir Neville Marriner, conductor LONDON 421 391-2 George Butterworth: Six songs from “A Shropshire Lad” I. Loveliest of trees [2:40] II. When I was one-and-twenty [1:25] III. Look not in my eyes [2:02] IV. Think no more, lad [1:23] V. The lads in their hundreds [2:25] VI. Is my team ploughing? [3:57] Bryn Terfel, baritone Malcolm Martineau, piano DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 445 946-2 Sir Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 Part I [36:01] Part II [54:49] Yvonne Milton, mezzo-soprano Sir Peter Pears, tenor John Shirley-Quirk, baritone London Symphony Chorus The Choir of King's College, Cambridge London Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, conductor DECCA 448 170-2

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What exciting topic have we envisioned for you this week? Well, after sleeping on it, we knew that we had to do an episode on Dreams. Artists and composers alike have been inspired by the ephemeral world of dreams, and we're excited to showcase a few examples of this topic! ----more---- Art: Giotto di Bondone (ca.1266/76-1337): Dream of the Palace (1297-1299) William Blake (1757-1827): Job's Evil Dreams (1825) Henri Rousseau (1844-1910): The Dream (1910) ----more---- Music: Richard Wagner (1813-83): Lohengrin (1846-48) Edward Elgar (1857-1934): The Dream of Gerontius (1899-1900)  

Hoy estudiamos las relaciones entre la cantante y el director John Barbirolli. Mantuvieron una amistad fructífera en lo artístico y en lo personal. Nos centramos en el Poema del amor y del mar de Chausson y en las peripecias de Ferrier para prepararlo. Estaba preocupada con su francés y buscó la ayuda del barítono Pierre Bernac. Para ilustrar todo ello escuchamos fragmentos de Sea Pictures y Gerontius de Elgar, L'Aurore de Fauré, L'invitation au voyage de Duparc. La citada obra de Chausson y la canción The Freedom of de City de Ferguson. Histórico de emisiones: 27/01/2013 Escuchar audio

Food writer and author Jack Monroe tries Clemmie's classical playlist. Jack's playlist in full: Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Character Pieces (no.3) Ludwig van Beethoven: Cavatina from String Quartet op.130 Angel Morley: Kehaar's Theme from Watership Down Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid (Mexican Dance and Finale) Christina Vantzou: No.4 String Quartet Edward Elgar: Angel's Farewell from The Dream of Gerontius

On this day, we remember the Council of Florence and the hymn composer Lowell Mason. The reading is from the "Dream of Gerontius" by J.H. Newman. We’re a part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.

I met Claudia at her beautiful renovated Victorian house where we talked about her early years in Devon and training, particularly in America, winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. We discussed the opportunities being a contralto presents such as repertoire, and her role as the Omniscient Mussel in Strauss's Die Ägyptische Helena at La Scala next month. We also talked about performing on big and small stages, leading Claudia to recall her experiences of contemporary opera. Many thanks to Claudia for taking the time on her off day to talk to me and her hospitality, and the team at Maxine Robertson Management for putting me in touch with her! Interview published on 25th October 2019; recorded on 5th October 2019. British contralto Claudia Huckle studied at the Royal College of Music in London, the New England Conservatory and the Curtis Institute of Music. She was the 2004 Grand Final Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and is a graduate of the prestigious Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera. She was the 2013 winner of the Birgit Nilsson Remembrance Award at Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition at Verona - the first female, and first British recipient. She was a member of the ensemble at Leipzig Opera for four seasons from 2009. Plans this season and beyond include her début at Teatro alla Scala Milan singing Die allwissende Muschel in Strauss Die Ägyptische Helena, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and her début at Opéra National de Paris, singing Flosshilde in the Ring Cycle. Other concert plans include Schwertleite Die Walküre, with the LPO conducted by Vladimir Jurowski; Handel Messiah with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Trevor Pinnock; Mahler Kindertotenlieder with the BBCSSO and Michael Sanderling; Mendelssohn Elijah with the BBCSO and Sakari Oramo; Mahler Symphony No 8 on tour with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Daniel Harding; Bach St Matthew Passion with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Antonio Pappano; and Beethoven Symphony No 9 with the Orchestra of La Scala Milan under Riccardo Chailly. She will appear in recital with pianist Simon Lepper at Nottingham University. Opera roles include Erda Das Rheingold / Siegfried for Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opera North and Oper Leipzig; Flosshilde Das Rheingold for Teatro Real, Madrid; Suzuki Madam Butterfly for Zurich Opera and Glyndebourne on Tour, for whom she also sang the title role in Britten The Rape of Lucretia; Hippolyta in Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Marfa in Mussorgsky Khovanshchina for Birmingham Opera Company; Mérope Oedipe, First Norn Götterdämmerung and Schwertleite Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House, where she also appeared as Third Lady Zauberflöte, a role she has sung at the Festival d’Aix en Provence and for Dresden Semperoper; Hänsel Hänsel und Gretel for Garsington Opera; Olga, Hänsel, Third Lady for Leipzig Opera; Smeton Anna Bolena for Washington National Opera; and Dalila in Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila for the Chelsea Opera Group. In concert she has also sung Anna in Berlioz Les Troyens with Valery Gergiev and Maxwell Davies’ Hogboon under Sir Simon Rattle, both with the LSO. Recent concert highlights include Flosshilde Götterdämmerung with Sir Andrew Davis at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival, Brahms Alto Rhapsody with the Northern Sinfonia and Lars Vogt; Mahler Symphony No 2 at the Festival de Saint-Denis with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Myung-Whun Chung; Schwertleite with the Bayerische Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle; and Elgar Dream of Gerontius and Sea Pictures with Hallé Orchestra. Other past concerts include Schubert Mass in A flat and Beethoven Choral Fantasy with Kent Nagano and the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester; Mahler Symphony No 3 with Real Filharmonía de Galicia and Paul Daniel; and Missa Solemnis and Verdi Requiem at King’s College Cambridge.

On this day, we remember two of the Oxford martyrs, the Reformation-minded Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley. The reading is from "the Dream of Gerontius" by John Henry Newman. We’re a part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.

Sir Tim Waterstone is the founder of the bookshop chain that bears his name. Born in May 1939, he was the youngest of three children. His father, who worked for a tea company all his life, served in the Royal Army Service Corps during the war, and so was absent when Tim was very young. Their relationship was difficult throughout his childhood. Tim was educated at boarding schools from the age of six, when his parents went to India for two and a half years. After studying English at Cambridge and a stint working in India, he joined Allied Breweries, moving to WH Smith in 1973. Eight years later he was fired and at this point he decided to open his own bookshop. The first Waterstone’s opened its doors in 1982 when Tim was 43. A further 86 bookshops opened within a decade. In 1993, he sold the company to his former employer, WH Smith. Five years later, he bought it back again as part of a newly formed group, HMV Media, but just three years after that, in 2001, he resigned as chairman. Since then he’s made several unsuccessful attempts to buy back the company which changed hands most recently in 2018. He recently celebrated his 80th birthday and lives in London with his third wife, the television director Rosie Alison. BOOK CHOICE: Oxford Book of English Poetry LUXURY ITEM: A Photo of his wife CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Cathy Drysdale

Donald Macleod explores Edward Elgar’s music through the locations that inspired him. Worcester-born, with his roots in the beautiful English countryside around Hereford and the Malverns yet drawn to the bright lights of London, English composer Edward Elgar moved house a lot. He lived in over 25 residences in his lifetime, stayed with friends, travelled often for work and pleasure in the UK, Europe and further afield, and had a number of second homes he rented as retreats. This week we’re focusing on the locations that were important to Elgar, and the places that inspired his music. Following Elgar’s journeys, Donald takes us from home life in the Midlands to country cottage holidays, summers in Europe and as far afield as the Amazon. Music featured: Pomp and Circumstance March, Op 39 No 1 in D major Cockaigne (In London Town) Salut d'amour, Op 12 O Happy Eyes, Op 18 No 1 The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 Owls, an Epitaph, Op 53 No 4 (Four Choral Songs) Enigma Variations, Op 36 Symphony No 2 (3rd movement) String Quartet (2nd movement) Introduction ‘The woodland interlude’ (Caractacus) Sea Pictures, Op 37 Piano Quintet, Op 84 (3rd movt - Andante – Allegro) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 (1st movement) In Smyrna Paris – Five Quadrilles From the Bavarian Highlands, Op 27 Nos 3 - 6 In the South (Alassio) Mina The Wand of Youth Suite No 1, Op 1a Organ Sonata No 1 in G major, Op 28 (2nd movement) Severn Suite, Op 87 Lux Aeterna (choral arrangement of Enigma Variations Op 36 Nimrod by John Cameron) Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Amy Wheel for BBC Wales For full tracklistings, 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 Edward Elgar https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000754h 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

Kelley sang the role of Federico Lorca in the original version of Osvaldo Golijov’s opera Ainadamar.Kelley earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California and her master's degree in Music from the University of California, Los Angeles.John Adams is an American composer, clarinetist, and conductor of classical music and opera, with strong roots in minimalism.Suzuki is a character in the opera Madame Butterfly, an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini.Roberto De Candia is an Italian operatic baritone.Maria Luigia Borsi is an Italian opera singer.Hadleigh Adams is an operatic baritone from Palmerston North, New Zealand. Hadleigh recently played Mercutio in Cincinnati Opera’s performance of Charles Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet.Die Fledermaus is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II.A breeches role (also pants role or trouser role) is a role in which an actress appears in male clothing.Tanglewood is a music venue in the towns of Lenox and Stockbridge in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts.The Cleveland Orchestra, based in Cleveland, is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five".Requiem Canticles is a 15-minute composition by Igor Stravinsky, for contralto and bass soli, chorus, and orchestra.Cherubino is a character in The Marriage of Figaro, an opera buffa (comic opera composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."The Composer" is a character in Richard Strauss's opera Ariadne auf Naxos.Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth") is a composition for two voices and orchestra written by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler.Cecilia Bartoli is an Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist.“Voi Che Sapete” is an aria from The Marriage of Figaro.Renée Fleming is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions.Leontyne Price is an American soprano. She rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was the first African American to become a leading performer, or prima donna, at the Metropolitan Opera, and one of the most popular American classical singers of her generation.Robert Spano is an American conductor and pianist.The Gospel According to the Other Mary is an opera/oratorio by John Adams.Peter Sellars is an American theatre director, noted for his unique contemporary staging of classical and contemporary operas and plays.El Niño is an opera-oratorio by John Adams.Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music.El Salón México is a symphonic composition in one movement by Aaron Copland, which uses Mexican folk music extensively.Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.Kelley grew up in Clovis, California.Audra McDonald is an American actress and singer. 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McDonald was raised in Fresno, California.La Cenerentola is an operatic dramma giocoso by Gioachino Rossini.The Turn of the Screw is a 20th-century English chamber opera composed by Benjamin Britten.Claude Debussy was a French composer.Phyllis Curtin was an American classical soprano who had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the 1980s.Donald Runnicles is a Scottish conductor.Louis Langrée is the music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.Evans mentions the following Mahler works: Symphony No. 2 (known as the Resurrection Symphony), Symphony No. 3, Symphony No.8, Rückert-Lieder, and Kindertotenlieder.The songs of Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy’s Magic Horn) by Gustav Mahler are voice-and-piano and orchestral settings of German folk poems chosen from a collection of the same name.The Rape of Lucretia is an opera by Benjamin Britten.Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.The Neruda Songs are a cycle of five songs composed for mezzo-soprano soloist and orchestra by the American composer Peter Lieberson for his wife, singer Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Lieberson chose O'Connor as the first mezzo-soprano to sing his composition Neruda Songs live in concert after the death of his wife.Bernard Haitink is a Dutch conductor.The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is an American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia. Robert Spano has been its music director since 2001.Agustín Barrios was a Paraguayan virtuoso classical guitarist and composer, largely regarded as one of the greatest performers and most prolific composers for the guitar.Carmen is an opera by French composer Georges Bizet.The Dream of Gerontius is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman.Wesendonck Lieder is the common name of a set of five songs for female voice and piano Wagner, Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Five Poems for a Female Voice).Hans Werner Henze was a German composer.Sea Pictures is a song cycle by Elgar consisting of five songs written by various poets.Jascha Heifetz was a Russian-American violinist.Kelley cites Dawn Upshaw, an American soprano, as her most important mentor.The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1984 novel by Milan Kundera, about two women, two men, a dog and their lives in the 1968 Prague Spring period of Czechoslovak history.Tidying Up with Marie Kondo is a reality television series developed for Netflix and released on January 1, 2019.Kelley mentions Here’s the Thing and Fresh Air as some of her favorite podcasts.Zero, aptly named for the amount of food you eat during a fast, is a simple tracker that helps users sync a fast with their biological clock.Spotify Technology S.A. is a Swedish media-services provider founded in 2006 with an app of the same name.Pandora is a music application.Metropol Restaurant & BarJessica Rivera is an American soprano of Peruvian-American ancestry.Kelley cites Nina Simone as one of her favorite musicians outside of classical music.

Fr George Bowen of the Brompton Oratory, London, gives a reflection on John Henry Newman on Saints. As a particular inspiration, Fr Bowen looks at Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius' set to a poem by Newman.

This is episode 10 called First Barbarian Invasions: Vandals, Suebi and Alans and in this episode you will learn: SHOW NOTES - Why the Migration Period started in the first place - Who the Alans, Vandals and Suebi were: their origins, characteristics and how many were they - What consequences had the withdraw of Imperial troops from Britannia, Gaul and Germania: the usurpation of Constantine III and execution of Stilicho - Why Constantine III attacked Hispania before attempting to attack Italy - About the usurpation of Gerontius and Maximus of Hispania, and why the Vandals, Suebi and Alans didn't enter the Iberian Peninsula as invaders - How the Vandals, Suebi and Alans parceled out Hispania - How the Hispano-Romans received the immigrants, positive views like that of Orosius or negative like that of Hydatius, and why the barbarians weren't that barbarian - How the usurpers Constantine III, and Gerontius-Maximus were defeated - How historiography has treated the Suebi and why most views are wrong - Reflections on the importance of how we label events while telling history

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In The Dream of Gerontius, Blessed Newman shows who our king and judge really is, and prepares our hearts for coming close to Him in Advent.The post The Dream of Gerontius and Advent appeared first on Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman.

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28 October 2018 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 10:46-52 + Homily 13 Minutes 59 Seconds Link to Readings - USA version http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102818.cfm (from the parish bulletin)   Some classical composers whose melodramatic quirks would have made life with them difficult, such as Beethoven, Wagner, Berlioz and Satie, have their opposites in such genial geniuses as Hayden, Mozart and, I would argue, Edward Elgar.      Elgar was among the more modern, and had a gift for friendship. The “Enigma Variations” are musical sketches of friends who enjoyed his company. The ninth Variation is called “Nimrod” in honor of Augustus Jaeger, whose name is German for hunter. In the Old Testament, Noah’s great-grandson Nimrod was the “great hunter.” Hearing him playing notes distractedly on the piano one day, Elgar’s wife Alice said, “That’s a pretty tune, Eddie – keep it.” That is how we got that surpassing orchestral work whose solemnity has made it a staple of memorial ceremonies, played in Whitehall at the Cenotaph each year on Remembrance Day. A choral setting for it applies to its meter the text of the Requiem Mass: Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.Requiem aeternamdona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua leceat eis. May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord, with Thy saints forever,for Thou art Kind.Eternal restgive to them, O Lord,and let perpetual light shine upon them.    Elgar was a Catholic whose wife converted before they married in London’s Brompton Oratory, causing her to be ostracized by her family. In 1900, less than two years after the “Enigma Variations,” Elgar set to music Cardinal Newman’s long poem, The Dream of Gerontius. In 1907, the Viennese violinist Fritz Kreisler commissioned Elgar to write a concerto that he premiered in 1910. After a chance encounter with Kreisler in New York in 1947, then-Monsignor Fulton Sheen, who at the time was a professor at the Catholic University of America, received the violinist and his wife into the Catholic Church and later preached at Kreisler’s Requiem. In another Catholic connection, Elgar set his first “Pomp and Circumstance March”—“Coronation Ode,” composed for King Edward VII and familiar at graduations—to words of Arthur C. Benson, brother of the convert preacher and writer, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson.    The Protestant dean of Gloucester Cathedral banned performance of “The Dream of Gerontius” because it is about Purgatory. But the doctrines of Particular Judgment, Purgatory and the Intercession of the Saints, are blessings of God’s grace, and in these wistful autumnal days when All Saints and All Souls set the theme, that melody of “Nimrod” and the lines of Gerontius give a confused world a dose of reality that is a sturdy relief from the depressing attempts of a secular culture to “celebrate life” artificially at funerals, when in fact it harbors a pagan fear of death. But as Newman wrote and Elgar played: Now that the hour is come, my fear is fled; And at this balance of my destiny, Now close upon me, I can forward look With a serenest joy.

This is the first in a series of Lenten themed episodes which seek to help listeners explore the themes of Lent through art. I examine the question “How can we live in preparation for a good death?” We’ll explore this question through the isenheim altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald, Edward Elgar's unstaged opera "Dream of Gerontius" based on the poem by Cardinal Henry Newman (with my brother Clarkson as a guest!), and John Donne's poem "Death Be Not Proud." Bonus: Harry Potter! Shownotes can be found at joyclarkson.com.

Mark Lowther chooses his preferred recording of Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius'

I programmet diskuteras bl.a. musik av John Pickard, blockflöjter med Venedig-anknytning, pianomusik av Tjajkovskij samt Elgars oratorium Gerontius dröm med Barenboim på pulten. Måns väljer Cluytens. Söndag den 24 sept 12.00 14.00 I panelen David Björkman, Evabritt Selén och Tony Lundman som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor: PETER TJAJKOVSKIJ Pianosonat nr 2 G-dur, Årstiderna Nikolai Lugansky, piano Naïve AM 215  RECORDARE VENEZIA Musik av bl.a. Vivaldi, Marini och Galuppi Barokkanerne Ingeborg Christophersen, flöjt LAWO LWC 1114 JOHN PICKARD Symfoni nr 5, Sixteen Sunrises, Concertante Variations, Toccata BBCs walesiska symfoniorkester Martyn Brabbins, dirigent Bis BIS 2261  EDWARD ELGAR Gerontius dröm Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Andrew Staples, Thomas Hampson Staatsopernchor, Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Staatskapelle, Berlin Daniel Barenboim, dirigent Decca 483 1585 Referensen - Elgar: Johan jämför med och refererar till en inspelning där Benjamin Britten dirigerar Londons symfoniorkester. Solister: Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears och John Shirley Quirk tillsammans med Kings College Choir och Londons symfoniska kör. Skivmärke Decca. Måns val Måns Tengnér väljer och spelar valda delar ur en box som innehåller 65 CD, The Complete Orchestral Recordings, med dirigenten André Cluytens alla inspelningar utom opera. Utgiven på Erato.  Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Vivaldis Il gardellino med Matheus-ensemblen ledd av Jean-Christophe Spinosi samt med flöjtisten Maurice Steger tillsammans med Il Barocchisti på Claves. Tjajkovskijs Årstiderna med Michail Pletnjov på Virgin Classics. Elgars Gerontius dröm med Sarah Connolly m.fl och BBCs kör- och symfoniorkester ledda av Andrew Davis på Chandos; Janet Baker m.fl. tillsammans med bl.a. Hallé-orkestern och kör allt under John Barbirolli på EMI; med bl.a. Gladys Ripley, Huddersfield Choral Society  och Liverpools filharmoniker allt under Malcolm Sargent på Testament; Helen Watts m.fl. samt Londons filharmoniska kör och New Philharmonia orchestra dirigerade av Adrian Boult på EMI; Jane Irwin m.fl, Birminghams symfoniska kör- och symfoniorkester ledda av Sakari Oramo på CBSO samt med bl.a. Yvonne Minton, Londons symfoniska kör- och symfoniorkester allt under Benjamin Britten på London (Referensen). Inget Svep denna vecka

Nyårspanelen utvärderade skivåret som gått och lyfte också fram några av sina personliga favoriter. Programledaren Johan Korssell presenterade även resultatet av omröstningen av 2016 års skiva. På 1:a plats med 23 poäng: SJOSTAKOVITJ OCH GLAZUNOV Violinkonserter Nicola Benedetti, violin Bournemouth symfoniorkester Kirill Karabits, dirigent Decca 4788758ÅRETS SKIVA 2016 SE RESULTATET OCH RÖSTA SJÄLV! (Länk till totalfemmorna)  Följande favoritskivor spelades ur i programmet, i tur och ordning: ALBAN BERG LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (Årtiondets skiva)Violinkonserter Isabelle Faust, violin Orchestra Mozart, Bologna Harmonia Mundi HMC 902105 AMANDA MAIER (Johannas första val) Violinkonsert, Pianokvartett, Svenska melodier och danser Gregory Maytan, violin, Ann-Sofi Klingberg, piano, m.fl. Helsingborgs symfoniorkester Andreas Stoehr, dirigent dB Productions dBCD 174 MARIE JAËLL (Evabritts första val) Portraits volym 3 Chantal Santon-Jeffery m.fl Belgiska radions filharmoniker Hervé Niquet, dirigent Edizione Singulares ES 1022DMITRI SJOSTAKOVITJ (Alexanders första val) Symfoni nr 5 d-moll Berlins symfoniorkester Kurt Sanderling, dirigent Eterna 0300750BC DOMENICO SCARLATTI (Johannas andra val) Klaversonater Jevgenij Sudbin, piano Bis BIS 2138 GERALD FINZI (gick bort för 60 år sedan) Kammarmusik Kölns kammarsolister MDG 903 1894-6 ANTON BRUCKNER (Evabritts andra val) Symfoni nr 8 c-moll Hamburgs filharmoniker Simone Young, dirigent Oehms OC 026-11ANTON BRUCKNER - JOHANNES BRAHMS (en av årets totalfemmor)Motetter Tenebrae-ensemblen Nigel Short, dirigent Signum SIGCD 430HARTMANN WEINBERG SJOSTAKOVITJ (Alexanders andra val) Wartime consolations Linus Roth, violin Württembergs kammarorkester, Heilbrunn Ruben Gazarian, dirigent Challenge CC 72680 EDWARD ELGAR (Johans val) Gerontius dröm Janet Baker m.fl Londons filharmoniska kör Londons filharmoniker Adrian Boult, dirigent Ica Classics ICAD 5140 (DVD) EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA (en av årets totalfemmor) Rubáiyát, Balada, Canto V, 4 Rasputin-sånger Gerald Finley, baryton, m.fl. Helsingfors filharmoniker John Storgårds, dirigent Ondine ODE 1274-2 NEGLECTED WORKS FOR PIANO (Johanna och Evabritts gemensamma favorit samt Evabritts tredje val) Musik av Amy Beach, Ruth Almén, Germaine Tailleferre m.fl Bengt Forsberg, piano dB dBCD 170 FRANZ SCHUBERT (Johannas tredje val) Stråkkvartett nr 14 d-moll (arr) Patricia Kopachinskaja, violin Saint Pauls kammarorkester Alpha Classics ALPHA 265 Här börjar 3 i topp mot Årets skiva:  FRANZ SCHUBERT (En av årets totalfemmor) Stråkkvintett, Sånger Ebène-kvartetten Gautier Capucon, cello Matthias Goerne, baryton, m.fl Erato 0825646487615PETER TJAJKOVSKIJ SERGEJ PROKOFJEV (en av årets totalfemmor)Pianokonserter Beatrice Rana, piano Cecilia-akademins orkester, Rom Antonio Pappano, dirigent Warner Classics 08225646009091 HANS ABRAHAMSEN (en av årets totalfemmor) Let me tell you Barbara Hannigan, sopran Bayerska radions symfoniorkester Andris Nelsons, dirigent Winter & Winter 910 232-2 DMITRI SJOSTAKOVITJ ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (en av årets totalfemmor) Violinkonserter Nicola Benedetti, violin Bournemouths symfoniorkester Kirill Karabits, dirigent Decca 4788758 ÅRETS SKIVA 2016 RESULTATET! CD-revyns panel har lagt sina röster, 3 poäng till den bästa, 2 respektive 1 poäng till de skivor som hamnar på andra och tredje plats av dessa fyra  äkta toppnoteringar från året som gått: Första plats med 23 poäng: SJOSTAKOVITJ OCH GLAZUNOV Violinkonserter Nicola Benedetti, violin Bournemouth symfoniorkester Kirill Karabits, dirigent Decca 4788758Andra plats med 13 poäng: HANS ABRAHAMSEN Let me tell you Barbara Hannigan, sopran Bayerska radions symfoniorkester Andris Nelsons, dirigent Winter & Winter 910 232-2 På delad tredje plats med vardera 12 poäng:FRANZ SCHUBERT Stråkkvintett C-dur samt sånger Ebène-kvartetten m.fl. Matthias Goerne, baryton Erato 0825646487615PROKOFJEV TJAJKOVSKIJ Pianokonsert nr 2 Pianokonsert nr 1 Beatrice Rana, piano Santa Cecilia-akademins orkester Antonio Pappano, dirigent Warner Classics 0825646009091 CD-revyn önskar GOTT NYTT ÅR!Nu byter vi namn till MUSIKREVYN I P2 Programmet tar ett kortare jullov och är åter på plats under nytt namnMUSIKREVYN I P2 söndag 22 januari kl 12.03.

Michael Berkeley's guest this week is Alan Bennett. We know him as the much-loved playwright and diarist who's been entertaining and moving us as a writer and performer since Beyond the Fringe in 1960. But there's one aspect of Alan Bennett that's less well-known: the central importance of music in his life, including the extraordinary fact that he once wrote a libretto for William Walton. (Sadly, Lady Walton was not impressed, and shoved it firmly to the bottom of her handbag.) In a moving and funny programme, Alan Bennett remembers the music that filled his childhood: his father was a gifted violinist, and his aunts played the piano for silent movies. As a teenager, new worlds were opened up by concerts in Leeds Town Hall, where Bennett sat in the cheapest seats behind the musicians, 'like sitting behind the elephants at the circus'. And then came fame, and Hollywood: 'Elizabeth Taylor actually sat on my knee at one point. It was not a pleasant experience'. In a touching conclusion to the programme, Alan Bennett listens to Elgar's Dream of Gerontius and is stirred to think about the boy he used to be, and what that boy might say to him now. Music choices include a 1939 recording of 'I can give you the starlight' by Ivor Novello; a waltz by Franz Lehar; Brahms's Second Piano Concerto; Bach's St Matthew Passion; Walton's First Symphony; Elgar's Dream of Gerontius; and Ella Fitzgerald singing 'Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered'. This last song inspired The History Boys when Alan Bennett heard it on Private Passions in 2001. This special programme includes three bonus tracks available online: Alan Bennett chooses two further pieces of music, and talks about the music he hates and never wants to hear again. Produced by the Loftus Media Private Passions team (Elizabeth Burke, Jane Greenwood, Oliver Soden and Jon Calver).

Violinisten och kontratenoren Dmitri Sinkovsky både sjunger och spelar Vivaldi, BBC:s kör och orkester framför musik av E. Elgar och Sofia Nyblom möter den georgiska violinisten Lisa Batiashvili. I panelen sitter Bengt Forsberg, David Björkman och Johanna Paulsson som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor:SINKOVSKY PLAYS AND SINGS VIVALDI De fyra årstiderna, Cessate omai cessate, kantat Dmitri Sinkovsky, violin, countertenor och dirigent La Voce Strumentale Naïve OP 30559EDWARD ELGAR Gerontius dröm, Sea Pictures Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar BBCs Symfoniorkester och kör Andrew Davis, dirigent Chandos CHSA 5140SERGEJ PROKOFJEV ARAM CHATJATURIAN Pianokonserter Nareh Arghamanyan, piano Berlin-radions symfoniorkester Alain Altinoglu, dirigent Pentatone PTC 5186 510ANDRZEJ & ROXANNA PANUFNIK Stråkkvartetter nr 1, 2, 3 m.m. Brodsky-kvartetten Chandos CHAN 10839Sofia möter Lisa Batiashvili Sofia Nyblom träffade den georgiska violinisten Lisa Batiashvili under hennes Stockholms-besök i november då hon framträdde som solist i Sibelius violinkonsert tillsammans med Kungl filharmonikerna.Andra nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar- Andrzej Panufniks och Witold Lutoslawskis  stråkkvartetter som jämförelse med Tippett-kvartetten på Naxos. - Andrzej och Roxanna Panufniks musik på samma utgåva, solopianomusik inspelad på Bis. - Prokofjevs tredje pianokonsert med Martha Argerich tillsammans med Berlins filharmoniker och dirigenten Claudio Abbado på DG; Lang Lang och Berlins filharmoniker dirigerade av Simon Rattle på Sony; Alexander Thoradze tillsammans med Mariinsky-teaterns orkester ledda av Valerij Gergijev på Decca. - Chatjaturians pianokonsert med pianisten Alicia de Larrocha och Londons filharmoniker  under Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos på Decca; Moura Lympany och Philharmonia Orchestra ledda av Walter Süsskind på Decca samt med William Kapell som solist tillsammans med Bostons symfoniorkester under ledning av Sergej Koussevitsky på Dutton. - Elgars The dream of Gerontius med solister och Londons symfoniorkester allt under Benjamin Britten på Decca; bl a tenoren Jon Vickers RAIs symfoniorkester, Rom dirigerade av John Barbirolli på skivmärket Archipel; bl a Janet Baker och Halléorkestern under John Barbirolli på EMI samt bl a tenoren Justin Lavender och Birminghams symfoniorkester ledda av Sakari Oramo på CBSO.

RSNO Music Director Peter Oundjian and RSNO Chorus Director Gregory Batsleer chat about Elgar's Dream of Geronitus ahead of the RSNO's Season Finale concerts next weekend.  Please click here for concert details.

RSNO Music Director Peter Oundjian and RSNO Chorus Director Gregory Batsleer chat about Elgar's Dream of Geronitus ahead of the RSNO's Season Finale concerts next weekend.  Please click here for concert details.

Sir Andrew Davis conducts an overwhelming performance of Elgar’s masterly oratorio, with Stuart Skelton, Sarah Connolly and David Soar as soloists. Find out more about the piece and hear clips from the recording in this podcast, presented by Oliver Condy and Rebecca Franks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How the choral work The Dream of Gerontius, by Elgar, has touched and changed people's lives. We hear from Terry Waite for whom it was the first piece of music he heard as a hostage in the Lebanon, after four years in solitary confinement. Music writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson describes how Elgar's own fragile emotional state is written into the music, which describes the journey taken by a dying man. Singer Catherine Wyn-Rogers explains how Elgar's music helped her come to terms with the loss of her parents. Martin Firth recalls a life-enhancing performance of the piece in Bristol cathedral. Jude Kelly, artistic director of the South Bank Centre, explains how she experienced the choir in this piece as a 'spiritual army' when she performed it at university. Martyn Marsh describes how the music brought him to a realisation about how he would like to end his days. And Robin Self recalls a life-changing performance of this piece, which enabled him to grieve for his son. Producer: Melvin Rickarby.

London Symphony Orchestra Today's episode will be a special feature on the London Symphony Orchestra, also known as LSO. LSO is widely regarded to be one of the world's leading orchestras, with over 100 years of performing experience. LSO has performed all across the world and even recorded soundtracks for films, such as Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire. In 2000, LSO launched their own classical label, LSO Live. Since then LSO Live has become one of the world's most talked about classical labels. Today we will be celebrating LSO Live's 10 year anniversary by playing samples from some of their best recordings and featuring a track from their newest release titled Verdi: Otello. Enjoy! video platform video management video solutions video player Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra "Enigma Variations" from "Elgar: Enigma Variations" (LSO Live) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album During his time as Principal Conductor of the LSO, Sir Colin Davis gained a reputation as the leading interpreter of Elgar’s music and recorded the composer’s symphonies and Dream of Gerontius for LSO Live. Elgar himself was one of the LSO’s first Principal Conductors and the orchestra premiered many of his works, including the Introduction & Allegro for Strings. June 2007 sees the 150th anniversary of Elgar’s birth. The Enigma Variations was Elgar’s breakthrough work and remains one of his most popular. Although it is often thought of as whimsical and the epitome of “Englishness”, in reality it is a thrilling and ravishingly beautiful masterpiece. Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra "Messiah" from "Handel: Messiah" (LSO Live) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 Buy at eMusic More On This Album Handel’s masterpiece uses short texts from the Bible to tell the story of Christ's birth, death and resurrection. Imbued with a deep humanity and written with the imagination of a composer at the peak of powers, Messiah is intimate yet dramatic and includes some of Handel's best-loved music.Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra "Má vlast" from "Smetana: Má vlast" (LSO Live) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Inspired by the mythology and pastoral beauty of his Czech homeland, Smetana’s six tone poems that form Ma vlást (My Fatherland) is one of the best examples of Nationalism in music. The stirring second movement depicts the river Vltava as it flows through the countryside and into Prague. Struck with deafness in 1874, Smetana would never hear a performance of what would become his most popular work. Concert Reviews ‘Colin Davis's performance of Smetana’s Má Vlast with the London Symphony Orchestra was an irresistible pageant of Czech patriotic fervor, a depiction of ancient battles and pastoral idylls, as well as a revelation of the work’s symphonic integrity ’The Guardian (UK), 12 May 2005 ‘the LSO’s unforced brilliance constantly shining forth … The players rose to the occasion with the virtuosity and commitment that are their hallmark. Under Davis’s direction, Smetana’s depiction of natural phenomena and rustic scenes sprang to life’ Evening Standard (UK), 11 May 2005 ‘Yet the Smetana itself holds no terrors, least of all for Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra. In the first poem, how proudly Vysehrad, the guardian rock of Prague, stood out fortissimo on the skyline! And few musical rivers have accelerated with the natural grace of Davis’s Vltava, or begun its course with such lightly charming trickling flutes’ The Times (UK), 12 May 2005 Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra, Elena Mosuc, Zlata Bulycheva, London Symphony Chorus "Symphony No. 2" from "Mahler: Symphony No. 2" (LSO Live) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album ‘Faced with the London Symphony Orchestra's concentrated glare and attack, I considered cowering under my seat ’The Times (UK) ‘an account of searing intensity ... The pure, visceral thrill of the final bars,greeted with an enthusiastic ovation from the packed audience,crowned a very fine performance of this great work’ MusicalCriticsm.com (UK)Bernard Haitink, Twyla Robinson, Karen Cargill, John Mac Master, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus "Symphony No. 9 "Choral"" from "Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9" (LSO Live) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Benchmark Beethoven Cycle - BBC Music Magazine (UK) Classical Recordings of the Year - New York Times (US) CDs of the Year - Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden) ‘a towering achievement’ The Times (UK) CDs of the Year ‘Few music lovers saw this one coming ... Haitink has rarely sounded more suitably agitated. Even the problematic Triple Concerto has rare drama and purpose; this recording may be the best ever’ Philadelphia Enquirer (US) ‘simply masterful Beethoven … Capped by a magisterial account of the Ninth Symphony, this is the Beethoven set for our time. Even if you already have umpteen other recordings of these works, you really owe it to yourself to hear this new set’ Chicago Tribune (US) Beethoven redefined what a symphony could be, giving his works a dramatic narrative and emotional intensity that sent blood flowing through the veins of music and set the tone for Romanticism in music. Many of the symphonies have their own journeys; from darkness to light in the Fifth symphony, from death to rebirth in the Eroica, or from a bleak void to a glorious vision of love and tolerance in the Choral Symphony. London Symphony Orchestra "The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from "Holst: The Planets" (LSO Live) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Gustav Holst's The Planets was born of his fascination with astrology. His portrayal of the planets of the solar system, from the serene, romantic venus to the warlike Mars and the magisterial Jupiter, has become an absolute classic and contains some of the most well-known music of the 20th centruy. London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Colin Davis, Gerald Finley, Allan Clayton, Ben Johnson, Matthew Rose "Otello" from "Verdi: Otello" (LSO Live) More On This Album The release of Sir Colin Davis’s eagerly anticipated recording of Verdi’s Otello marks the 10th anniversary of the LSO Live label. Opera has always formed a major part of the label’s output and among Sir Colin’s greatest triumphs was his Grammy Award-winning recording of Verdi’s final opera, Falstaff. One of the world’s most exciting young tenors joins Sir Colin to sing the title role on the new recording. New Zealander Simon O’Neill stepped in at short notice to the concerts, making his debut in the role (although he had studied it with Domingo), delivering what was universally acclaimed as a sensational performance. The villainous Jago is sung by Gerald Finley and Otello’s wife Desdemona by Anne Schwanewilms. Verdi had retired from opera following the premiere of Aida in 1871 but was eventually persuaded by his publisher to work with the librettist Arrigo Boito. As with Falstaff, Verdi’s final opera on which they would subsequently collaborate, they turned to Shakespeare for inspiration. Otello, which was premiered in 1887, marked a significant evolutionary development in Italian opera and is widely regarded as one of the great operatic masterpieces. Simon O’Neill joins Sir Colin and the LSO again for performances of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass in October before singing Siegmund in Die Walküre in a production at La Scala conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Gerald Finley performs in Guillaume Tell in Rome in October and Pelléas et Mélisande at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in December. ‘This was an electrifying account of a masterpiece, conducted with an explosive energy that belies Sir Colin’s eighty years and pushed the LSO to the top of its game. Simon O’Neill made a tremendous debut in the title-role, giving notice that he is the best heroic tenor to emerge over the last decade … Gerald Finley was an arrestingly crisp and snakily plausible Iago … Verdi’s great music drama shone in all its power and glory’ Daily Telegraph (UK) concert review ‘a performance of Verdi’s opera that had finesse, fervour and glorious lyricism … Such is Davis’s rapport with the LSO and its rapant Chorus that he can unleash greater musical power with an elegant flick of the baton than most conductors muster with flailing arms. Gerald Finley was a superb Iago: insiduously sinister, yet sustaining a wonderfully suave line. And the New Zealand tenor Simon O’Neill gave an immense performance … he will make the Moor his own’ The Times (UK) concert review ‘a thrilling performance from beginning to end … an evening to treasure; not just for Davis’s contribution, but for an impressive debut from the young New Zealand tenor Simon O’Neill. O’Neill mastered Otello’s many moods with a striking musicality and an eveness of tone throughout the range. He will go far, and promises to be the outstanding Wagner Heldentenor we have been longing far … the men, led by Gerald Finley’s totally convincing and committed Iago, were splendid’ Mail on Sunday (UK) concert review

Many selections sung by Clara Butt, a very great artist: 1.Softly and gently  (Elgar:The Dream of Gerontius)2. Where corals lie   (Elgar:Sea Pictures)3.The Enchantress (Hatton)4.The Leaves and the Wind (Cooper)5.The Sweetest flower that blows (Hawley)6. Barbara Allen (Traditional)7. Kathleen Mavourneen (Crouch)8. Ye Banks and braes (Scottish air)9.The Promise of life (Cowen)10.En priere (Faure)11.The Birth of the flowers(Lehmann)12. Lusinghe piu care (Handel:Alessandro)13. Rend'il sereno (Handel:Sosarme)14. Ombra mai fu (Handel:Serse)15, In questa tomba oscura (Bethoven)16.Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Delilah)17. Che faro senza Euridice (Orfeo)18.  Brindisi from Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti)                       ( 66 min.)   Clara Butt was born in Southwick, Sussex. Her father was Henry Albert Butt who was a sea captain and who was born in 1848 in Saint Martin, Jersey, Channel Islands. He married Clara Hook in 1869, who was born in Shoreham, the daughter of Joseph Hook, mariner (1861 and 1871 census, in 1881 in New Shoreham workhouse). In 1880 the family moved to Bristol and Clara was educated at South Bristol High School, where her singing talent was recognised and encouraged. At the request of her headmistress, she was trained by the bass Daniel Rootham and joined the Bristol Festival Chorus, of which he was musical director. In January 1890 she won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music. In her fourth year she spent three months studying in Paris at the expense of Queen Victoria. She also studied in Berlin and Italy. She made her professional début at the Royal Albert Hall in London in Sir Arthur Sullivan's The Golden Legend on 7 December 1892. Three days later she appeared as Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice at the Lyceum Theatre. Bernard Shaw wrote in The World that she ‘far surpassed the utmost expectations that could reasonably be entertained' (14 December 1892). She returned to Paris and made further studies with Jacques Bouhy (the teacher of Louise Homer and Louise Kirkby Lunn) and later with the soprano Etelka Gerster in Berlin. Camille Saint-Saëns wanted her to study Dalila, but due to laws then extant forbidding the representation of biblical subjects on the British stage, nothing came of it. Soon she had acquired an excellent reputation, aided by her physical presence - she was 6 feet 2 inches tall. She made many gramophone recordings, often accompanied by the (uncredited) pianist Miss Lillian Bryant. She was primarily a concert singer and only ever appeared in two opera productions, both of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, in 1892 and 1920. Edward Elgar composed his Sea Pictures for contralto and orchestra with Clara Butt in mind as the soloist, and she sang at the first performance at the Norwich Festival on 5 October 1899, with the composer conducting. In 1900 she married the baritone Kennerly Rumford, and thenceforth often appeared with him in concerts. The couple eventually had three children two sons and a daughter. Besides singing in many important festivals and concerts, she was honoured with royal commands from Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King George V. She made tours to Australia, Japan, Canada, the United States and to many European cities. During the First World War she organised and sang in many concerts for service charities, and for this she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours. That year she sang four performances of Gluck's Orphee at Covent Garden under the baton of Sir Thomas Beecham. According to The Times she 'played fast and loose with the time and spoilt the phrasing' and it appears not to have been a success. Butt's three sisters were also singers. One of them, Ethel Hook, became a famous artist in her own right and made some superb solo recordings. In later life Clara Butt was dogged by tragedies. Her elder son died of meningitis while still at school, and the younger committed suicide. During the 1920s she became seriously ill of cancer of the spine, but her faith gave her the strength to continue working. She made many of her later records seated in a wheelchair. She died in 1936 at the age of 63 at her home in North Stoke, Oxfordshire, as a result of an accident she suffered in 1931. Sir Thomas Beecham once said, jokingly, that "on a clear day, you could have heard her across the English Channel". Not all serious musicians admired her booming contralto, which can be mistaken for a man's voice on some recordings, or her rather 'populist' approach to her art.  

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