Stokowski supplement: Symphony.

Stokowski supplement: Symphony.

May 13, 2023 | Ramblings, Videos

Probably Symphony’s belated premiere – May 7, 2009 – at the Royal College of Music; RCM Sinfonietta conducted by Robin O’Neill, as below; with my review at the time below that. Symphony performed only once since. Leopold Stokowski’s Symphony...
A week ago, May 6, saw the Coronations of King Charles III & Queen Camilla in Westminster Abbey. Out of necessity, some of the music played was arranged (by Iain Farrington or John Rutter), skilfully, to accommodate the reduced forces. Here are seven pieces from last week recorded as written – Elgar, Handel, Holst, Parry, Vaughan Williams and Walton.

A week ago, May 6, saw the Coronations of King Charles III & Queen Camilla in Westminster Abbey. Out of necessity, some of the music played was arranged (by Iain Farrington or John Rutter), skilfully, to accommodate the reduced forces. Here are seven pieces from last week recorded as written – Elgar, Handel, Holst, Parry, Vaughan Williams and Walton.

May 13, 2023 | Ramblings, Videos, Vinyl

Elgar, Pomp & Circumstance No.4. London Philharmonic/Sir Adrian Boult. Handel, Zadok the Priest. Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, Philharmonie de Paris; undated. Holst, The Planets, iv: ‘Jupiter’. Royal Liverpool...