| Description |
1 online resource (Streaming audio files (60 min.)) |
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British composers |
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Classical music library |
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British composers.
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| Contents |
Sinfonia antartica -- The wasps : Aristophanic suite. Overture ; Entr'acte I ; March past of the kitchen utensils ; Entr'acte II ; Ballet and final tableau |
| Notes |
Durations: 41:48 ; 25:41 |
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First work uses music from Vaughan Williams' film score for the 1947 film "Scott of the Antarctic"; 2nd work is an orchestral suite arr. from his incidental music for Aristophanes' play |
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Originally issued on analog discs in 1968 & 1970, respectively |
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Previously released on compact disc |
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The vocal parts in the symphony are textless. There are literary superscriptions for each movement, not set, but to be read by the listener, from Shelley, Coleridge, Donne, Psalm 104 & Scott's Antarctic journal |
| Performer |
Norma Burrowes, soprano, women's voices of the London Philharmonic Choir (1st work) ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Adrian Boult, conductor |
| Event |
Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, Nov. 18-21, 1969 (1st work) & Sept. 23-25, 1968 (2nd work) |
| Notes |
Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Aristophanes -- Musical settings
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Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 -- Songs and music
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Aristophanes |
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Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912 |
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Incidental music -- Excerpts.
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Suites (Orchestra)
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Symphonies.
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Incidental music -- Excerpts
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Suites (Orchestra)
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Symphonies
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Streaming audio
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sound recordings.
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Music
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Sound recordings
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Musical settings
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Songs and music
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Sound recordings.
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Enregistrements sonores.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983, conductor.
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Burrowes, Norma, performer
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Wasps (Suite)
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London Philharmonic Choir, performer.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
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