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The Inspiration Behind Compositions for Clarinetist Frederick Thurston
THE INSPIRATION BEHIND COMPOSITIONS FOR CLARINETIST FREDERICK THURSTON Aileen Marie Razey, B.M., M.M. Dissertation Prepared for the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS August 201 8 APPROVED: Kimberly Cole Luevano, Major Professor Warren Henry, Committee Member John Scott, Committee Member John Holt, Chair of the Division of Instrumental Studies Benjamin Brand, Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Music John Richmond, Dean of the College of Music Victor Prybutok, Dean of the Toulouse Graduate School Razey, Aileen Marie. The Inspiration behind Compositions for Clarinetist Frederick Thurston. Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), August 2018, 86 pp., references, 51 titles. Frederick Thurston was a prominent British clarinet performer and teacher in the first half of the 20th century. Due to the brevity of his life and the impact of two world wars, Thurston’s legacy is often overlooked among clarinetists in the United States. Thurston’s playing inspired 19 composers to write 22 solo and chamber works for him, none of which he personally commissioned. The purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive biography of Thurston’s career as clarinet performer and teacher with a complete bibliography of compositions written for him. With biographical knowledge and access to the few extant recordings of Thurston’s playing, clarinetists may gain a fuller understanding of Thurston’s ideal clarinet sound and musical ideas. These resources are necessary in order to recognize the qualities about his playing that inspired composers to write for him and to perform these works with the composers’ inspiration in mind. Despite the vast list of works written for and dedicated to Thurston, clarinet players in the United States are not familiar with many of these works, and available resources do not include a complete listing. -
We Are TEN – in This Issue
RVW No.31 NEW 2004 Final 6/10/04 10:36 Page 1 Journal of the No.31 October 2004 EDITOR Stephen Connock RVW (see address below) Society We are TEN – In this issue... and still growing! G What RVW means to me Testimonials by sixteen The RVW Society celebrated its 10th anniversary this July – just as we signed up our 1000 th new members member to mark a decade of growth and achievement. When John Bishop (still much missed), Robin Barber and I (Stephen Connock) came together to form the Society our aim was to widen from page 4 appreciation of RVW’s music, particularly through recordings of neglected but high quality music. Looking back, we feel proud of what we have achieved. G 49th Parallel World premieres Through our involvement with Richard Hickox, and Chandos, we have stimulated many fine world by Richard Young premiere recordings, including The Poisoned Kiss, A Cotswold Romance, Norfolk Rhapsody No.2, page 14 The Death of Tintagiles and the original version of A London Symphony. Our work on The Poisoned Kiss represents a special contribution as we worked closely with Ursula Vaughan Williams on shaping the libretto for the recording. And what beautiful music there is! G Index to Journals 11-29 Medal of Honour The Trustees sought to mark our Tenth Anniversary in a special way and decided to award an International Medal of Honour to people who have made a remarkable contribution to RVW’s music. The first such Award was given to Richard Hickox during the concert in Gloucester and more . -
Contents Price Code an Introduction to Chandos
CONTENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO CHANDOS RECORDS An Introduction to Chandos Records ... ...2 Harpsichord ... ......................................................... .269 A-Z CD listing by composer ... .5 Guitar ... ..........................................................................271 Chandos Records was founded in 1979 and quickly established itself as one of the world’s leading independent classical labels. The company records all over Collections: Woodwind ... ............................................................ .273 the world and markets its recordings from offices and studios in Colchester, Military ... ...208 Violin ... ...........................................................................277 England. It is distributed worldwide to over forty countries as well as online from Brass ... ..212 Christmas... ........................................................ ..279 its own website and other online suppliers. Concert Band... ..229 Light Music... ..................................................... ...281 Opera in English ... ...231 Various Popular Light... ......................................... ..283 The company has championed rare and neglected repertoire, filling in many Orchestral ... .239 Compilations ... ...................................................... ...287 gaps in the record catalogues. Initially focussing on British composers (Alwyn, Bax, Bliss, Dyson, Moeran, Rubbra et al.), it subsequently embraced a much Chamber ... ...245 Conductor Index ... ............................................... .296 -
Rumon Gamba Courtesy of the Ruth Gipps Collection
RUTH GIPPS Symphonies Nos 2 and 4 Song for Orchestra Knight in Armour Rumon Gamba Courtesy of the Ruth Gipps Collection Ruth Gipps, aged twenty, having recently composed ‘Knight in Armour’ Ruth Gipps (1921 – 1999) premiere recording Symphony No. 4, Op. 61 (1972) 31:58 To Sir Arthur Bliss 1 Moderato – Allegro molto – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I (Allegro molto) – Moderato – Allegro molto – Poco meno mosso – Allegro molto – Moderato 9:59 2 Adagio – Più mosso – Tempo I (Adagio) 6:44 3 Scherzo. Allegretto – Poco meno mosso – Allegretto – Coda – 4:17 4 Finale. Andante – Allegro molto – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I. Allegro molto – Meno mosso – Tempo I. Allegro molto – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I (Allegro molto) – Andante maestoso – Presto 10:50 3 premiere recording 5 Knight in Armour, Op. 8 (1940) 9:53 Symphonic Poem Allegro moderato – Più lento – A tempo Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 (1945) 20:57 in B major • in H-Dur • en si majeur in One Movement 6 Moderato – 0:48 7 Allegro moderato – Poco meno – Più mosso – Meno mosso – 5:26 8 Andante – Maestoso – 2:40 9 Tempo di Marcia − 3:13 10 Adagio – 3:09 11 Allegro moderato – Tranquillo – 2:13 12 Moderato – Appassionato – 1:43 13 Allegro – Più mosso – Molto allargando 1:41 4 premiere recording 14 Song for Orchestra, Op. 33 (1948) 6:03 Andante – Allegretto – Meno mosso – Allegro moderato – Allegretto – Andante – Lento TT 69:20 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lesley Hatfield leader Rumon Gamba 5 Rumon Gamba Andreas Nilsson Ruth Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4 and other works Early years and ‘Knight in Armour’, Op. -
Rumon Gamba Courtesy Annika Wirén Of
DAG WIRÉN SINFONIETTA • SERENADE FOR STRINGS SYMPHONY NO. 3 • DIVERTIMENTO ICELAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RUMON GAMBA Courtesy Annika Wirén of Dag Wirén, at his home in Stockholm Dag Wirén (1905 – 1986) Symphony No. 3, Op. 20 (1943 – 44) 24:43 for Orchestra Till mina föräldrar 1 I Allegro – 6:39 2 II Adagio 7:35 3 III Allegro molto – Poco meno moto – Poco più moto – Tempo I (Allegro molto) – Meno moto – Tempo I – Prestissimo – Poco meno moto – Poco più mosso – Più lento 10:29 Serenade, Op. 11 (1937) 15:28 for String Orchestra Till Tobias Wilhelmi och Stockholms Kammarorkester 4 I Preludium. Allegro molto 3:14 5 II Andante espressivo 4:22 6 III Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio. Poco meno moto – Scherzo da capo senza ripresa poi la Coda – Coda 3:00 7 IV Marcia. Tempo di marcia, molto ritmico 4:40 3 Divertimento, Op. 29 (1953 – 57) 11:57 8 I Moderato – Poco più mosso – Tempo I 2:56 9 II Allegro moderato 2:15 10 III Andantino – Poco meno moto – Subito tempo I – Meno moto 3:55 11 IV Allegro moderato – Moderato 2:40 Sinfonietta, Op. 7a (1933 – 34, revised 1939) 17:41 in C major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur 12 I Molto allegro ed energico – Più che doppio movimento – A tempo – Più che doppio movimento – A tempo – Meno mosso – 7:13 13 II Andante espressivo – Poco più lento – Lento – 4:21 14 III Molto allegro – Più lento – Più lento 6:07 TT 70:18 Iceland Symphony Orchestra Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir leader Rumon Gamba 4 Wirén: Orchestral Works Dag Wirén (1905 – 1986) is a Swedish composers, but during his school years he composer, belonging to the same generation heard Mozart’s G minor Symphony, which left as Lars-Erik Larsson (1908 – 1986) and a sublime impression on him: Erland von Koch (1910 – 2009), who had their It is, on the whole, quite remarkable how breakthrough in the 1930s; composers who quickly the intoxicating effect of romantic reacted against the modernism of the ’20s, music disappears. -
TONE POEMS Bliss • Cowen • Fogg • Foulds • Goossens Hadley • Howell • Vaughan Williams VOLUME 2
BRITISH TONE POEMS Bliss • Cowen • Fogg • Foulds • Goossens Hadley • Howell • Vaughan Williams VOLUME 2 RUMON GAMBA Lewis Foreman Collection Foreman Lewis John Herbert Foulds British Tone Poems, Volume 2 John Herbert Foulds (1880 – 1939) 1 April-England, Op. 48 No. 1 (1926, orchestrated 1932) 8:15 for Orchestra Tempo comodo ma con gaiezza – Calmo ma non trattenuto – Tempo giusto, non agitato – Allargando grandioso – Solenne – Tempo del comincio – A tempo brillante possibile Eric Fogg (1903 – 1939) 2 Merok (1929) 8:40 (Geiranger) Molto lento e tranquillo – Moderato – Tempo commodo poco rubato – Molto lento – Poco animato – Molto lento – Poco più mosso e misterioso 3 Sir Eugene Goossens (1893 – 1962) 3 By the Tarn, Op. 15 No. 1 (1916) 4:48 A Sketch for String Orchestra (with Clarinet ad libitum) after the first of Two Sketches for String Quartet Andante tranquillo Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958) 4 Harnham Down (1904 – 07) 8:35 Impression for Orchestra Andante sostenuto – Più lento – Andantino – Tranquillo – A tempo [Andantino] – Tempo del comincio [Andante sostenuto] – Più lento 4 Dorothy Howell (1898 – 1982) 5 Lamia (1918) 14:27 Symphonic Poem for Full Orchestra To Sir Henry Wood Lento – Andante maestoso – Largamente – Tranquillo – Presto – Tempo giusto – Prestissimo – Tempo I – Lento Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852 – 1935) premiere recording 6 Rêverie (1903) 6:22 for Orchestra Andante molto sostenuto – Poco allegro – Tempo I Patrick Hadley (1899 – 1973) premiere recording 7 Kinder Scout (1923) 6:51 Sketch for Orchestra = 60 – = 60 -
Sir Malcolm Arnold Complete Symphonies
SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba Sir MalcolmArnold,right,withRichardHickox Sir © Nigel Luckhurst / Lebrecht Music & Arts Photo Library Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921 – 2006) COMPACT DISC ONE Symphony No. 1, Op. 22* 30:17 1 I Allegro 12:11 2 II Andantino 10:06 3 III Vivace con fuoco – Alla marcia – Maestoso 8:00 Symphony No. 2, Op. 40* 31:04 4 I Allegretto 6:21 5 II Vivace 4:35 6 III Lento 13:53 7 IV Allegro con brio – Lento molto e maestoso 6:11 TT 61:29 3 COMPACT DISC TWO Symphony No. 3, Op. 63* 33:50 1 I Allegro – Vivace 12:20 2 II Lento 14:16 3 III Allegro con brio – Presto 7:13 Symphony No. 4, Op. 71* 40:36 4 I Allegro – Poco più mosso – Tempo I 13:59 5 II Vivace ma non troppo 4:57 6 III Andantino 13:06 7 IV Con fuoco – Alla marcia – Tempo I – Maestoso – Allegro molto 8:33 TT 74:30 4 COMPACT DISC THREE Symphony No. 5, Op. 74* 32:30 1 I Tempestuoso 9:48 2 II Andante con moto – Adagio 11:26 3 III Con fuoco 5:01 4 IV Risoluto – Lento 6:11 Symphony No. 6, Op. 95* 25:17 5 I Energico 7:50 6 II Lento – Allegretto – Lento 10:50 7 III Con fuoco 6:34 Symphony No. 8, Op. 124† 24:36 8 I Allegro 10:18 9 II Andantino 8:23 10 III Vivace 5:42 TT 82:31 5 COMPACT DISC FOUR Symphony No. -
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booklet:cover 02/11/2018 09:43 Page 1 SHAPIRA : MIDNIGHT JOURNEYS with narration by Sir Salman Rushdie ITTAI SHAPIRA violin with HAGAI SHAHAM violin ROBERT PLANE clarinet THOMAS CARROLL cello Produced in association with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales The copyright in the recording is owned by Sound Potential. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales word mark and logo is a trade mark of the SEPHARDIC JOURNEYS | MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN | MAGYAR British Broadcasting Corporation and is used under licence. BBC logo g BBC 2014 BBC National Orchestra of Wales ~ Rumon Gamba Rumon Gamba is an exclusive artist of Chandos Records and appears with their kind permission. Arpeggione Kammerorchester ~ Robert Bokor booklet:cover 02/11/2018 09:43 Page 3 FOREWORD MIDNIGHT JOURNEYS Double Concertos by Ittai Shapira I started composing music in an attempt to regain and connect fragments of memories as an act of recovery from a single act of violence over a decade ago. Eight concertos and fifteen short pieces later, with the help of leading experts in multiple fields, I write music aimed at helping individuals and groups recover and rebuild in the long term. These concertos are examples of works developed through www.soundpotential.org, an organization dedicated to music and healing on a medical, educational and societal level. Selected sequences from these compositions will be used to work with patients, refugees, women recovering from violence and abuse, veterans with PTSD, and as an educational tool for societal healing. Painting by Alexander Klingspor. All image rights reserved. Copyright Alexander Klingspor as part of The Midnight’s Children Project. -
Music in the British War Film, 1945–1979
A Bridge Too Far? Music in the British War Film, 1945 ‒1979 MERVYN COOKE In his 2014 book Projecting Britain at War , Jeremy Havardi identifies four aspects of the national character which have been constantly promoted in British films concerned with the Second World War: chivalrous stoicism (the ‘stiff upper lip’), understated humour in adversity, amateurish improvisation, and pride in the indomitability of the underdog. 1 As usual in accounts of the British war movie, however, Havardi does not assess the crucial role played by film scores – which include some of the most famous in British movie history, now firmly lodged in the national consciousness – in helping to delineate these characteristics, beyond a few fleeting mentions of ‘stirring’ musical themes. This label and ‘rousing’ have always been by far the most common catch-all epithets associated with overtly patriotic film scoring, and they are also used repeatedly in the brief allusions to music in another recent survey of Second World War films.2 The present essay offers an assessment of scoring practices in a range of British war films from 1945 to the end of the 1970s, by which time the combat film in particular had grown moribund. It concentrates on the development of a distinctive martial idiom borrowed not only from the military but also from coronation music (which, somewhat ironically, is markedly Teutonic in its Meistersinger -like uplifting rhetoric and even in certain specific harmonic details), and action capers conceived in a spirit of almost comic-book schoolboy 1 Jeremy Havardi, Projecting Britain at War: The National Character in British World War II Films (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2014), 6‒7. -
British and Commonwealth Symphonies from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH SYMPHONIES FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Composers A-G KATY ABBOTT (b. 1971) She studied composition with Brenton Broadstock and Linda Kouvaras at the University of Melbourne where she received her Masters and PhD. In addition to composing, she teaches post-graduate composition as an onorary Fellow at University of Melbourne.Her body of work includes orchestral, chamber and vocal pieces. A Wind Symphony, Jumeirah Jane was written in 2008. Symphony No. 1 "Souls of Fire" (2004) Robert Ian Winstin//Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra (included in collection: "Masterworks of the New Era- Volume 12") ERM MEDIA 6827 (4 CDs) (2008) MURRAY ADASKIN (1905-2002) Born in Toronto. After extensive training on the violin he studied composition with John Weinzweig, Darius Milhaud and Charles Jones. He taught at the University of Saskatchewan where he was also composer-in-residence. His musical output was extensive ranging from opera to solo instrument pieces. He wrote an Algonquin Symphony in 1958, a Concerto for Orchestra and other works for orchestra. Algonquin Symphony (1958) Victor Feldbrill/Toronto Symphony Orchestra ( + G. Ridout: Fall Fair, Champagne: Damse Villageoise, K. Jomes: The Jones Boys from "Mirimachi Ballad", Chotem: North Country, Weinzweig: Barn Dance from "Red Ear of Corn" and E. Macmillan: À Saint-Malo) CITADEL CT-601 (LP) (1976) Ballet Symphony (1951) Geoffrey Waddington/Toronto Symphony Orchestra (included in collection: “Anthology Of Canadian Music – Murray Adaskin”) RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL ACM 23 (5 CDs) (1986) (original LP release: RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL RCI 71 (1950s) THOMAS ADÈS (b. -
Spirited | Issue 1
SpThie Garzettei of thte Eneglishd Music Festival Issue 1 Spring 2011 the EnglISh MuSic FeSt ival 27- 30 May 20 11 Editorial Box office opens 1 April 2011. Visit http://www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk/booking.html or call 0300 030 3003. Welcome to the first edition of Spirited . This is an exciting new Friday 27 Saturday 28 Sunday 29 Monday 30 ventUre, representing as it does one of the key aims of the EMF: 11.00am 11.00am 11.00am namely, to reach oUt beyond those who are able to attend the Dorchester Abbey Dorchester Abbey Dorchester Abbey annUal Festival in Dorchester-on-Thames to enthUsiasts of English Milford Songs of Escape Stanford Quartet No. 3 in D minor Howells Sonata no. 2 in E flat major mUsic everywhere. Finzi Seven Part-songs Norman O'Neill Piano Quintet (world première of new edition Rawsthorne Four Seasonal Songs Elgar Piano Quintet by Paul Spicer) Issue 1 Haydn Wood This Quiet Night ; Bridge QUartet, Michael DUssek Lionel Sainsbury Mirage Spirited We hope that yoU find mUch of fascination in this inaUgUral issUe. The Phynodderee Paul Carr Sonatina (world première) Spring 2011 Holst Four Part-songs Gurney Violin Sonata in E flat major RegUlar attendees of the Festival will be interested to read more of The Syred Consort, Ben Palmer (world première) RUpert LUck, Matthew Rickard the backgroUnd and ecclesiastical significance of Dorchester Abbey 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm in SUe Dixon’s illUminating article; whilst Philip Mitchell’s accoUnt of the town sheds light on its indUstrial and military history, its Silk Hall, Radley College Silk Hall, Radley College All Saints’ Church, Sutton Courtenay Elgar Severn Suite Bowen Selection from Preludes in “Soul of the Age” decline dUring the Middle Ages and its more recent revival. -
CHAN 10577 the Film Music of Bernard Herrmann (1911 –1975)
Chan 10577 The Film Music of Bernard Herrmann (1911 –1975) Music from ‘Hangover Square’ 17:05 Courtesy of The Bernard Herrmann Estate Arranged from the original manuscripts by Stephen Hogger 1 Opening Titles. Molto appassionato – Slower – 1 The Dealer. [ ] – 2 Murder and Fire. Moderato – Allegro vivo – Slow – 3 Confession. Slow – Poco a poco accelerando – Più vivo – A tempo 6:21 2 7 Netta. Slowly – 11 The Spell. [ ] – 12 The Murder. Allegro vivo – Slow – 14 Fame. Slow – Rallentando – Valse brillante – Lento 4:29 3 17 The Cat. Very slow – 18 Netta’s Death. Slow – Vivo – 19 The Bonfire. Moderato – Più mosso – Rallentando – Allegro vivo – Accelerando – Slow – Slow – [A tempo] – 20 Recovery. Slow 6:05 Bernard Herrmann 3 12 Kane’s New Office. [ ] – 4 Concerto macabre* 11:01 for Piano and Orchestra 12a New Hornpipe Polka. Moderato – A performing edition by Norma Shepherd, 1992, 13 Carter’s Exit. Allegretto – Lento – based on the manuscript sources for the film Hangover Square, 14 Chronicle Scherzo. Allegro con brio – incorporating the composer’s revisions for concert performance 14a Bernstein’s Presto. Allegro vivace 7:15 Molto appassionato – Lento espressivo – Declamato – Agitato – 7 15 Kane’s Return. Allegro vivace – Molto appassionato – Largamente – Slower – Molto espressivo – 16 Collecting Statues. Moderato – Allegro vivo – Lento – Molto appassionato – Largo 17 Valse Presentation. Tempo di valse – Allegro vivace – 18 Sunset Narrative. Slowly – Music from ‘Citizen Kane’ 49:07 19 Theme and Variations Arranged from the original manuscripts by Stephen Hogger Valse tempo – 5 1 Prelude. Lento – Variation I. Allegretto scherzando – 2 Rain (Susan in Nightclub). [ ] – Variation II. Presto – Variation III. Allegretto – 3 Thatcher Library.