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swingles, eh?
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« Reply #1 on: 22:02:32, 15-07-2007 » |
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my word, you're prompt with these topics, tonybob!!!  a rather odd mixture of programming here methinks. |
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« Reply #2 on: 22:04:08, 15-07-2007 » |
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i'm not prompt in any other aspect of life.
it's fairly trad the programme tho - ancient(ish) and modern.
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« Reply #3 on: 11:58:01, 16-07-2007 » |
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Bryn will probably know more, but the Berio was apparently first performed by the Swingles (or checking again, they at least gave the first UK performance)
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« Reply #4 on: 16:38:38, 16-07-2007 » |
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i think it was written for the swingles.
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« Reply #5 on: 16:51:00, 16-07-2007 » |
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Indeed it was, tonyb. First performed by them in 1968 with Berio conducting, even though it was dedicated to Bernstein (who never recorded it, sadly). If you have never heard it live, grab any chance you get.
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« Reply #6 on: 18:36:50, 16-07-2007 » |
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Um. IIRC the first part of the work to be composed was "O King", originally for solo voice and small instrumental ensemble, later expanded into a version for eight voices and orchestra, in which form it was worked into "Sinfonia", as its second movement. Whether the Swingle Singers were the fillip for the 'big band' version of "O King", I do not know, but they were certainly at least in part the inspiration for "Sinfonia". A bit like Walton's FIrst, "Sinfonia" was first performed, and recorded, before the final movement was completed.
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« Reply #7 on: 19:08:32, 16-07-2007 » |
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Just hope that the sound balance is OK - it's a notoriously difficult work in that respect. Worth remembering that the Swingles, even in the early days, were much more than "doobeedoo" Bach singers. But not to be missed: I didn't see that first prom performance, but I certainly recorded it and listened to it over and over again; stunning stuff which insinuates itself into the memory...
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« Reply #8 on: 19:27:42, 16-07-2007 » |
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Does anyone know a source for the words of the "narration" (correct term?) in the third movement of the Berio? I found them surprisingly profound when I listened. Mahler abuse, though.  |
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« Reply #9 on: 19:37:41, 16-07-2007 » |
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There is a very wide fange of source material for the quotes, eruanto, Paris students, Levi-Strauss, Beckett, ... About as varied as the music quoted.  |
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« Reply #10 on: 19:39:40, 16-07-2007 » |
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Ah I see. I take it that's why they're not in any one place then? Google is no help at all!
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« Reply #11 on: 19:41:03, 16-07-2007 » |
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« Reply #12 on: 19:47:10, 16-07-2007 » |
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Well, wadyano? According to th DOG which was recently being displayed, Berio's Sinfonia is being boradcast on CBeebies. I'm all for it. Get 'em young, say I. |
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« Reply #13 on: 19:51:25, 16-07-2007 » |
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Cheers Bryn.  It really is downright weird piece. I'd forgotten. |
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« Reply #14 on: 20:13:21, 16-07-2007 » |
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what a mind he had!
how HOW do you imagine music like that?
it must just have arrived in his brain fully formed.
there ends my proms evening - i'm not going to sully my ears with rossini after that.
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