1889–1983 English conductor Boult studied under Nikisch at the Leipzig Conservatory before joining the music staff at Covent Garden in 1914. In 1918 he conducted the first performance of Holst’s The Planets, soon becoming known as a champion of contemporary English music. He was musical director of the newly formed BBC Symphony Orchestra 1930–50 and of the London Philharmonic Orchestra ...
Romanticism is tinged with deep melancholy and nostalgia. Recommended Recording: Tintagel, Garden of Fand, November Woods, Northern Ballad No. 1, Mediterranean, LPO (cond) Sir Adrian Boult (Lyrita) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Alban Berg | Modern Era | Classical ...
every summer at the Royal Albert Hall. Recommended Recording: Symphony No. 5, Symphonic Variations, Blest Pair of Sirens etc., London Philharmonic Choir, LPO (cond) Sir Adrian Boult (EMI/Warner) Introduction | Late Romantic | Classical Personalities | Giacomo Puccini | Late Romantic | Classical ...
that the old fires were burning. Recommended Recording: The Dream of Gerontius, The Music Makers, soloists, London Philharmonic Chorus, New Philharmonia, LPO (cond) Sir Adrian Boult (EMI/Warner) Sounds Familiar ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ It may have been Edward VII himself who first suggested putting words to the superb trio tune in Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. ...
his seventies, he emigrated to the US and resumed writing. Recommended Recording: Variations on a Nursery Theme, op. 25, Julius Katchen, London PO (cond) Sir Adrian Boult (Decca) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Paul Dukas | Modern Era | Classical ...
epitomized in The Hymn of Jesus (1917) and Ode to Death (1919). Recommended Recording: The Planets, The Perfect Fool (ballet music), Egdon Heath, New Philharmonia (cond) Sir Adrian Boult, LSO (cond) André Previn (EMI/Warner) Sounds Familiar ‘Mars’ from The Planets ‘Mars, the Bringer of War’ is the first of seven movements in Holst’s Planets suite. Completed before ...
by Richard Strauss, who dedicated Daphne to him. He was also renowned for his interpretations of Mozart and Wagner. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | (Sir) Adrian Boult | Modern Era | Classical ...
John Bunyan (his long-meditated opera The Pilgrim’s Progress and the closely related Fifth Symphony). Recommended Recording: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5, New Philharmonia Orchestra, LPO, Sir Adrian Boult (EMI/Warner) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Modern Era | Classical ...
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