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George Frideric Handel ‘Thou shalt break them’: The Penultimate Part

George Frideric Handel: Thou shalt break them Messiah Part II   Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jennens, with the Read more…

By Alex Burns, 4 days ago
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George Frideric Handel ‘He That Dwelleth in Heaven’: Scene 6 Finale

George Frideric Handel: He That Dwelleth in Heaven Messiah Part II   Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jennens, with Read more…

By Alex Burns, 2 weeks ago
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Percy Grainger ‘Willow Willow’: Lamenting Love

Percy Grainger: Willow Willow Context Willow Willow was Percy Grainger’s first setting of a traditional tune, which was written for voice and piano in 1898. In years to come, Grainger wrote an orchestral version which featured strings and guitar with voice for the song, both versions are performed today, but Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 month ago
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George Frideric Handel ‘Why do the nations so furiously rage together’: Big Bass

George Frideric Handel: Why do the nations so furiously rage together Messiah Part II Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 month ago
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George Frideric Handel ‘How Beautiful are the Feet’: Part 2

George Frideric Handel: How Beautiful are the Feet Messiah Part II   Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jennens, with Read more…

By Alex Burns, 3 months3 months ago
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George Frideric Handel ‘Thou Art Gone Up On High’: Psalm 68

George Frideric Handel: Thou Art Gone Up On High Messiah Part II Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jennens, with Read more…

By Alex Burns, 4 months4 months ago
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Libby Larsen ‘A Lover’s Journey’: All You Need Is Love

Libby Larsen: A Lover’s Journey Context Commissioned by The King’s Singers, Libby Larsen’s six-part male vocal suite A Lover’s Journey tells the story of love. A Lover’s Journey is set into four separate songs, with Larsen using text from William Shakespeare and James Joyce. The work was premiered on Valentine’s Read more…

By Alex Burns, 4 months4 months ago
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Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel ‘An Suleika’: Suddenly You Are There Again!

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: An Suleika Context Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel is, for many, one of the most celebrated female composers today. Her incredible catalogue of chamber music in particular has pleased many musicians and audiences alike over the last few decades. However, this has not always been the case. Hensel was often limited, Read more…

By Alex Burns, 5 months5 months ago
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Giuseppe Verdi ‘Libiamo ne’ lieti calici: Raise Your Glasses!

Giuseppe Verdi: Libiamo ne’ lieti calici Context Composed between Il trovatore (1853) and Les vêpres siciliennes (1855), La Traviata was part of Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘middle period’ of composition. Previous to La Traviata came 16 other operas including the ever-popular Nabucodonosor (1842) and Rigoletto (1851). Based at the start of the Read more…

By Alex Burns, 5 months5 months ago
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Howard Blake ‘Walking in the Air’: A Christmas Adventure

Howard Blake: Walking in the Air Context Voted as one of the most popular Christmas songs ever written, Howard Blake’s Walking in the Air can be found in the pivotal travelling scene of the 1982 animated film The Snowman. The original was written for a choirboy with a pre-broken voice. Read more…

By Alex Burns, 5 months ago

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