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Alex Burns

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Hans Zimmer ‘The Lion King Orchestra Suite’: King of Pride Rock

Hans Zimmer: The Lion King Orchestra Suite Context This epic orchestral suite comprised of the music from The Lion King is currently a part of The World of Hans Zimmer – A Symphonic Celebration concert tour. This groundbreaking tour is on its way around the world and is full of Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 hour ago
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Hildegard von Bingen ‘Alleluia! O virga mediatrix’: A Melismatic Journey

Hildegard von Bingen: Alleluia! O virga mediatrix Context This verse is meant to accompany the singing of the Gospel at Mass. Alleluia! O virga mediatrix is one of Hildegard von Bingen’s musical depictions of the Virgin Mary’s role in salvation history. The text speaks of feminity and fertility, with the Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 day ago
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Richard Strauss ‘Serenade for Winds’: Sonorous Winds

Richard Strauss: Serenade for Winds Context Richard Strauss composed his Serenade for Winds in Munich in 1882 at age 17. The world premiere of the work took place in Dresden on 27th November 1882. An extraordinary teenager, the sheer charm and skill that exudes his Serenade for Winds makes it Read more…

By Alex Burns, 3 days ago
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Gordon Jacob ‘An Original Suite’: Best of British

Gordon Jacob: An Original Suite Context Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob was born in 1895 in South London. He was the youngest of ten siblings, and the seventh male. He was enlisted to go to war at the age of 19, and in 1917 he was taken as  a prisoner of war. He Read more…

By Alex Burns, 3 days3 days ago
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Dobrinka Tabakova ‘Whispered Lullaby’: A Hypnotic Daydream

Dobrinka Tabakova: Whispered Lullaby Context Dobrinka Tabakova was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria to a music-loving family in 1980. At age 11, Tabakova moved to London and has since stayed there. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department, specialising in composition, piano and conducting. From there, Tabakova earned Read more…

By Alex Burns, 3 days3 days ago
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Paul Moravec ‘Autumn Song’: A Fragile Union

Paul Moravec: Autumn Song Context Paul Moravec (1957-) is an award-winning American composer who is based in New York. After studying composition at Harvard University and then subsequently taking up an MA and a Doctorate at Columbia University, Moravec became a professional composer and pedagogue. Moravec is currently a Professor Read more…

By Alex Burns, 6 days ago
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Johann Sebastian Bach ‘Zion hört die Wächter singen’: An Iconic Statement

Johann Sebastian Bach: Zion hört die Wächter singen Context J. S. Bach’s church cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (‘Awake, calls the voice to us’) was composed for the 27th Sunday after Trinity. It’s first performance happened on the 25th November 1731. This work completed Bach’s second annual cycle Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 week ago
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Peter Maxwell Davies ‘Farewell to Stromness’: A Beguiling Fantasy

Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness Context Composed in the late 1970s and premiered in 1980, Peter Maxwell Davies’ solo piano work, Farewell to Stromness, is one of his most accessible works. The piece was written as a protest against a proposed uranium mine near the small village of Stromness, Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 week ago
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ‘Sinfonia Concertante in Eb Major’: Double Trouble

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb Major Context Following on from the popular Baroque Concerto Grosso form, the Classical period’s successor came in the form of the Sinfonia Concertante. A form that celebrates clear soloistic roles from several soloists, creating thrilling double, triple and even quadruple concertos. Particularly favoured Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 week1 week ago
German Project

Hildegard von Bingen ‘O frondens virga’: Erhebe uns hoch

Hildegard von Bingen: O frondens virga Der historische Kontext O frondens virga ist eine Psalm-Antifon, die von einem Chor gesungen ist. Der Begriff der Antifon wird von der Duden als einen liturgischen Wechselgesang bestimmt. Der Wechselgesang wird vor und nach einem Psalmvers traditionell gesungen. Diese Gesänge werden oft durch die Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 week1 week ago

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