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Arturo Márquez ‘Conga del Fuego’: A Fiery Dance
Arturo Márquez: Conga del Fuego Context Arturo Márquez was born in Sonora, Mexico in 1950. Surrounded by a musical family, Márquez studied composition with the Read more…
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Maurice Ravel ‘Boléro’: Rousing Repetition!
Maurice Ravel: Boléro Context Composed originally as a ballet that was commissioned by the Russian actress Ida Rubinstein, Maurice Ravel’s orchestral work Boléro is his Read more…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams ‘In the Fen Country’: Desolate Marshlands
Ralph Vaughan Williams: In the Fen Country Context Inspired by the fairly bleak and desolate East Anglian marshland, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ In the Fen Country Read more…
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Alexander Glazunov ‘Oriental Rhapsody’: Victory and Celebration
Alexander Glazunov: Oriental Rhapsody Context Composed in 1889, Alexander Glazunov’s Oriental Rhapsody was one of many orchestral works by Russian composers that took great inspiration Read more…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir ‘Bathroom Dance’: Ritual Transitions
Hildur Guðnadóttir: Bathroom Dance Context In 2018, Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir was announced as the composer for the 2019 thriller, The Joker. Alongside Director Todd Read more…
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Franz Liszt ‘Liebestraum No.3’: The Purest Kind of Love
Franz Liszt: Liebestraum No.3 Context Franz Liszt was born in 1811 in Hungary, into an already well-established musical family. His father, Adam Liszt, had been in Read more…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams ‘Prelude to 49th Parallel’: Warm Beginnings
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 49th Parallel Prelude Context Unlike in America, the British film industry in the 1930-40s did not specifically employ specialist film composers to Read more…
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Elisabetta Brusa ‘Firelights’: Celestial Sounds
Elisabetta Brusa: Firelights Context Italian-British composer Elisabetta Brusa is an award-winning musician with a wealth of experience in the music industry. Her music has been Read more…
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Herbert Howells ‘Elegy’: A Touching Tribute
Herbert Howells: Elegy Context Herbert Norman Howells was born in Lydney, Gloucestershire on 17th October 1892. After beginning to learn piano and organ at home Read more…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams ‘The Vagabond’: A Song of Travel
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Vagabond Context Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Vagabond was originally set for voice and piano and is part of a larger song Read more…