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Thursday 5th November 2020

Musical Fireworks


Artistes: Christine Schmid, soprano • Jean-Michel Jarre • Katy Perry • Catherine Puyravaud • Calogero • Wincent Weiss • Marc-André Hamelin, piano • hr-Sinfonieorchester • Paavo Järvi, conductor •
 Stadtkapelle Tuylln • Hans-Peter Manser, conductor • Le Concert Spirituel • Hervé Nicquet, conductor

Composers: Paul Burkhard • Jean-Michel Jarre • Katy Perry • Mikkel Storleer Eriksen • Tor Erik Hermansen • Sandy Julien Wilhelm (Sandee Vee) • Esther Renay "Ester" Dean • Catherine Puyravaud • Calogero •  Gioacchino Maurici • Martin Fliegenschmidt • David Jürgens • Wincent Weiss • Sascha Wernicke • Debussy • Stravinsky • GF Handel


 Available: from Thursday 5th November
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Musical Fireworks


Programme


Paul Burkhard (1911-1977) Swiss
from the musical Das Feuerwerk (1950)
O Mein Papa

performed by Christine Schmid



Jean-Michel Jarre (b1948)
Oxygène IV (1976)

performed by Jean-Michel Jarre



Katy Perry (b1984), Mikkel Storleer Eriksen (b1972), Tor Erik Hermansen (b1972)
Sandy Julien Wilhelm (Sandee Vee) (b1975), & Esther Renay "Ester" Dean (b1986)
from the album: Teenage Dream (2010)
Firework

performed by Katy Perry



Catherine Puyravaud
Les Feux d'Artifice

performed by Catherine Puyravaud
with animations by Jeanne de la Lune



Calogero Joseph Salvatore Maurici (b1971)  & his brother Gioacchino Maurici (b1968)
Lyrics: Paul École
Les Feux d'artifice (2014)

performed by Calogero



Martin Fliegenschmidt (b1981), David Jürgens, Wincent Weiss (b1993), Sascha Wernicke
from the debut album Irgendwas gegen die Stille    Something for the Silence
Feuerwerk

performed by Wincent Weiss



Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
from Preludes, Book 2 CD 131 (1911-12)
    12 Feux d'artifice    Modérément animé  Moderately animated


performed by Marc-André Hamelin


Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Feu d'artifice Op 4, HH4, CC13 (1908)

Fantaisie pour grand orchestre Fantasy for full orchestra

performed by hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) with conductor, Paavo Järvi


Georg Frideric Handel (1685-59)
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351 (1749)
    1 - Ouverture: Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, Allegro
    2 - Bourrée
    3 - La Paix: Largo alla siciliana
    4 - La Réjouissance: Allegro
    5 - Menuets I & II  Allegro
 
Wind Version: performed by the Stadtkapelle Tulln, conductor: Hans-Peter Manser


Full Orchestra Version: performed by Le Concert Spirituel,  Hervé Niquet, conductor


Concert duration: 45-50 minutes
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Musical Fireworks

We are in for quite a varied journey this week as the subject of Musical Fireworks turned out to be less fruitful than expected. Even looking up specific fireworks failed. Catherine Wheel is a singer, and Roman Candle are a pop group!

There is one entirely obvious choice and that I have saved for the finale. Before that we will explore a few other musical genres.

Let's open with a bit of musical theatre. Paul Burkhard's musical Das Feuerwerk includes the famous song O Mein Papa, sung in concert here by Christine Schmid, in the beautiful rococo style Schloss Bürgeln, near Freiburg, on Germany's upper Rhine.

The song had its debut in Zurich's Schauspielhaus, in the musical Der schwartze Hecht - The Black Pike - in 1939.  Burkhard reworked it for the musical Das Feuerwerk. Since then there have been at least 67 cover versions around the world.


Paul Burkhard
 (1911-1977) Swiss 
   (5m37)
from the musical Das Feuerwerk (1950)
O Mein Papa

performed by Christine Schmid, in the castle at Bürgeln, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oh mein Papa

"Oh, ich könnte ihnen so viel erzählen von meine Papa
Er war eine berühmte Zirkusclown"
 
Papa wie ein Pfeil sprang hinauf auf die Seil
Eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp
Er spreizte die Beine ganz weit auseinand'
Sprang hoch in die Luft und steht auf die Hand
Eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp
 
Er lachte ha - ha, ha - ha
Und machte ha - ha, ha - ha
Ganze sachte ha - ha, ha - ha
Und rief: eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp
Eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp
Eh la hopp, eh la hopp
 
Er ritt auf die Seil und rief mir zu:
Eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp
Das konnte er machen zwölfmal ohne Mieh'
Er lachte dazu und firchte sich nie
Eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp
Eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp
Eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp
 
Oh mein Papa war eine wunderbare Clown
Oh mein Papa war eine große Kinstler
Hoch auf die Seil, wie war er herrlich anzuschau'n
Oh mein Papa war eine schöne Mann
 
Ei wie er lacht, sein Mund sie sein so breit und rot
Und seine Aug' wie Diamanten strahlen
Oh mein Papa war eine wunderbare Clown
Oh mein Papa war eine schöne Mann
Ein schöne Mann
Ein schöne Mann

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/oh-mein-papa-oh-my-papa.html
Oh my Papa

"Oh, I could tell you so much about my Papa
He was a famous circus clown."
 
Papa bounced up the rope like an arrow
Eh la hopp, eh la hopp, eh la hopp
Alley-oop, alley-oop!
Splayed his legs so wide
Jumped into the air and stood on his hands
Alley-oop, alley-oop!
 
He laughed ha - ha, ha - ha
And said ha - ha, ha - ha
Gently ha - ha, ha - ha
And called: alley-oop, alley-oop
Alley-oop, alley-oop, alley-oop
Alley-oop, alley-oop
 
He rode the ropes and shouted to me:
Alley-oop, alley-oop, alley-oop
He could do this twelve times without any effort
Meanwhile he laughed and he was never afraid
Alley-oop, alley-oop, alley-oop
Alley-oop, alley-oop, alley-oop
Alley-oop, alley-oop
 
Oh, my Papa was a wonderful clown
Oh, my Papa was a great artist
High on the rope, he was a pleasure to look at
Oh, my Papa was a handsome man
 
Oh, how he laughs, his mouth broad and red
And his eyes glowing like diamonds
Oh, my Papa was a wonderful clown
Oh my Papa was a handsome man
A handsome man
A handsome man

For anything to burn, we are going to need... Oxygène.

Remember this from the 1970s ?  No ?  Nor me, I'm much too young.

Some mark of our differences is to be found in the fact that this record reached No 1 in the French charts, No 2 in the UK, and No 78 in the USA !

The UK's Music Week critic found the album heavy in comparison to Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.

This was Jarre's first release that was not originally a soundtrack. It took a while to find a record publisher, and the first pressing was an adventurous 50,000 copies. The album went on to sell 15 million.
Jean-Michel Jarre (b1948)        (3m25)
Oxygène IV (1976)

performed by Jean-Michel Jarre

We leap forward 34 years for this next item.

Songwriters pick out different characteristics of fireworks.
There are the obvious physical features - colour, shape, display, and sound - while others consider their existence 'in the moment' their transience.

Katy Perry is thinking of the 4th of July fireworks, and letting the light shine.
Katy Perry (b1984), Mikkel Storleer Eriksen (b1972)
Tor Erik Hermansen (b1972)
Sandy Julien Wilhelm (Sandee Vee) (b1975)
Esther Renay "Ester" Dean (b1986)    (3m52)
from the album: Teenage Dream (2010)
Firework

performed by Katy Perry
directed by Dave Myers and Produced by Robert Bray & Danny Lockwood

© 2010 Capitol Records, LLC
Firework


Do you ever feel
Like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again
Do you ever feel
Feel so paper-thin
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in
Do you ever feel
Already buried deep
Six feet under
Screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there’s
Still a chance for you
‘Cause there’s a spark in you

You just gotta
Ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

‘Cause baby, you’re a firework
Come on show them what you’re worth
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you’re a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
You’re gonna leave before they know

You don’t have to feel

Like a waste of space
You’re original
Cannot be replaced
If you only knew
What the future holds
After a hurricane
Comes a rainbow
Maybe the reason why
All the doors are closed
So you could open one
That leads you to the perfect …
Like a lightning bolt
Your heart will glow
And when it’s time you know







You just gotta
Ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

‘Cause baby, you’re a firework
Come on show them what you’re worth
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you’re a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
You’re gonna leave before they know

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It’s always been inside of you, you, you
And now it’s time to let it through

‘Cause baby, you’re a firework
Come on show them what you’re worth
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you’re a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
You’re gonna leave before they know

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

Here is a little light relief.  It's a song about a firework display, which is useful when you are teaching the names of the colours in French (Early years and KS1 for you teachers.)

Catherine Puyravaud wrote and performed the song.  (1m25)
Jeanne de la Lune produced the animations.

There is a teaching version of this rhyme at www.jeannedelalune.co.uk in flash format, with the options of hiding the text and pausing the video.
Boum, boum, boum,
Les feux d'artifice
Écoutez comme ils font du bruit.
Boum, boum, boum,
Les feux d'artifice
Regardez comme ils sont jolis.

Y'en a des rouges,
Et y'en a des jaunes,
Y'en a des verts,
Et y'en a des bleus.
Boom, boom, boom,
The fireworks,
Listen how they make a noise.
Boom, boom, boom,
The fireworks,
Look how pretty they are.

There are red ones,
And there are yellow,
There are green ones,
And there are blue.

Next is a rather evocative song that may take you back to childhood visits to public firework displays, in a park, on the cliffs, across a lake or a river. You will have to forgive the rather loud guitar break towards the end.

If that's really not going to do it for you, try the orchestral version instead. It was made after the terrorist attack on the crowds at the Fête Nationale fireworks in Nice, 14th July 2016.

Calogero is a very successful singer-songwriter. His name comes from the greek for a monk:  καλόγερος kalogeros.
Les Feux d'artifice    (2014)

J'étais hissé sur les épaules
Sous ces galaxies gigantesques
Je rêvais en tendant les paumes
De pouvoir les effleurer presque

Ça explosait en fleurs superbes
En arabesques sidérales
Pour faire des bouquets d'univers
Moi je voulais cueillir ces étoiles

On allait aux feux d'artifice
Voir ces étoiles de pas longtemps
Qui naissent, qui brillent et puis qui glissent
En retombant vers l'océan
Et ça fait des étoiles de mer
Ça met dans les yeux des enfants
Des constellations éphémères
Et on s'en souvient quand on est grand

Dans le ciel vibrant de musique
Je voyais naître des planètes
Jaillir des lumières fantastiques
Et tomber des pluies de comètes
Je m'imaginais amiral
Regardant voler mes flotilles
J'ai fait des rêves admirables
Sous ces fusées de pacotille

(oh là! pacotille, quel joli jeu de mots!)


On allait aux feux d'artifice
Voir ces étoiles de pas longtemps
Qui naissent, qui brillent et puis qui glissent
En retombant vers l'océan
Et ça fait des étoiles de mer
Ça met dans les yeux des enfants
Des constellations éphémères
Et on s'en souvient quand on est grand

Puis sous les cieux incandescents
Quelqu'un refaisait mes lacets
Je voyais des adolescents
Au loin, là-bas, qui s'enlaçait
Ça laissait dans mes yeux longtemps
Des traînées de rose et de vert
Je voyais dans mon lit d'enfant
Des univers sur mes paupières

Nous sommes comme des feux d'artifice
Vu qu'on est là pour pas longtemps
Faisons en sorte tant qu'on existe
De briller dans les yeux des gens
De leur offrir de la lumière
Comme un météore en passant
Car même si tout est éphémère
On s'en souvient pendant longtemps
Fireworks

I was hoisted on high on shoulders
'Neath those gigantic galaxies
I dreamt as I held out the palms of my hands
That I could just about reach them

They exploded into wonderful flowers
Into interweaving stars
Making bouquets in the cosmos
Me, I wanted to pick those star-flowers

We went to the fireworks
To see these short-lived stars
That are born, that shine and then slip away
Falling down to the ocean
And they make starfishes
And put into the eyes of children
Transitory constellations
And we remember them when we grow up

In the sky vibrant with music
I saw planets being born
And wonderful lights glisten
And comets rain down
I thought myself admiral
Watching my fleets sail
I had beautiful dreams
Beneath these pacotilla rockets
    (the word pacotille means trash, junk, a sailor's sea- or kit-bag,
      and it is a term for cupro-nickel as used in fireworks. what a
      lovely double- or triple-entendre!)


We went to the fireworks
To see these short-lived stars
That are born, that shine and then slip away
Falling down to the ocean
And they make starfishes
And put into the eyes of children
Transitory constellations
And we remember them as grown-ups

Then beneath incandescent skies
Someone was retying my laces
I could see youths
Way over there, enlaced together
For ages it left in my eyes
Trails of pink and green
I saw as I lay in my little bed
The cosmos on my eyelids

We are like fireworks
Given we are not here for long
Let's be sure while we exist
To shine in the eyes of others
To offer them some light
Like a meteor passing
For even if everything is ephemeral
We remember it for a very long time

translation: Peter Steadman
Calogero Joseph Salvatore Maurici (b1971)        (6m39)
Lyrics: Paul École
Music: Calogero & his brother Gioacchino Maurici (b1968)

Les Feux d'artifice (2014)

performed by Calogero

Richard Miller spotted this next item for us. It is the most recent of all the works here, but no less beautiful for that.

Here again, it is the transitory nature of a firework that Wincent Weiss calls on (pronouce the Ws as Vs). The song comes from his 2017 debut album Irgendwas gegen die Stille - Something for the Silence. Although he has had both single and album chart successes since, in 2013 Wincent Weiss just missed out on the auditions for the German version of Pop Idol - Deutschland sucht ein Superstar (Germany seeks a Superstar).

If you think you can stand it, there is a more direct translation of the German lyric, using somewhat stronger terms, on this link.
Feuerwerk

Viertel vor - verdammt, schon wieder spät dran!
Ich muss renn'n, da vorne kommt schon meine Bahn
Ja, ich weiß, es heißt: „Keiner wartet auf dich."
Wir treffen uns im gleichen Laden wie seit Jahr'n
Erzählen uns, was für ein'n Stress wir haben
Scheiß drauf, Kopf aus, erinnerst du dich?
 
Wir hab'n uns mal geschworen:
„Ey, wir warten nie auf morgen!"
Wir sind doch immer noch dieselben Clowns
Und Helden uns'rer Welt
 
Lass uns leben wie ein Feuerwerk, Feuerwerk - oh-oh
Als wenn es nur für heute wär' - oh-oh
Denn dieser Augenblick kommt nie zurück
Lass uns leben wie ein Feuerwerk, Feuerwerk - oh-oh
Die ganze Welt kann uns gehör'n - oh-oh
Verbrenn'n die Raketen Stück für Stück
Und leben wie ein Feuerwerk, Feuerwerk
Feuerwerk
 
Die Augen brenn'n, doch ich hör' auf mein Gefühl
Geh' noch nicht rein, weil ich nichts verpassen will
Du weiß auch genau, wir hab'n das alles nur einmal
 
Wir hab'n uns mal geschworen:
„Ey, wir warten nie auf morgen!"
Wir sind doch immer noch dieselben Clowns
Und Helden uns'rer Welt
 
Lass uns leben wie ein Feuerwerk, Feuerwerk - oh-oh
Als wenn es nur für heute wär' - oh-oh
Denn dieser Augenblick kommt nie zurück
Lass uns leben wie ein Feuerwerk, Feuerwerk - oh-oh
Die ganze Welt kann uns gehör'n - oh-oh
Verbrenn'n die Raketen Stück für Stück
Und leben wie ein …
 
Feuerwerk und alles ist so schnell vorbei
Asche und Erinnerung ist, was morgen überbleibt
Ist egal, dann halt nochmal
Da ist noch so viel mehr!
 
Lass uns leben wie ein Feuerwerk, Feuerwerk - oh-oh
Als wenn es nur für heute wär' - oh-oh
Denn dieser Augenblick kommt nie zurück
Lass uns leben wie ein Feuerwerk, Feuerwerk - oh-oh
Die ganze Welt kann uns gehör'n - oh-oh
Verbrenn'n die Raketen Stück für Stück
Und leben wie ein Feuerwerk, Feuerwerk
Feuerwerk

https://lyricstranslate.com
Feuerwerk

It's quarter to - damn, I'm late again!
I have to run, my train's arriving just ahead
Yeah, I know, it's called "nobody's waiting for you"
We meet in the same shop like years ago
Tell each other, how stressed we are
Not giving a damn, head switched off, do you remember?
 
We swore to each other once
"Hey, we'll never wait until tomorrow!"
But we're still the same clowns
And the heroes of our world
 
Let's live like a firework, firework - oh-oh
As if it were only for today - oh-oh
Because this moment will never come again
Let's live like a firework, firework - oh-oh
The world can be ours - oh-oh
Set off the rockets one by one
And live like a firework, firework
Firework
 
My eyes burn, but I'm listening to my gut
Not going in yet, because I don't want to miss a thing
You know as well, we can only have it once
 
We swore to each other once
"Hey, we'll never wait until tomorrow!"
But we're still the same clowns
And the heroes of our world
 
Let's live like a firework, firework - oh-oh
As if it were only for today - oh-oh
Because this moment will never come again
Let's live like a firework, firework - oh-oh
The world can be ours - oh-oh
Set off the rockets one by one
And live like a...
 
Firework and it's all over so quickly
Ash and memories is all that will remain tomorrow
Don't care, then again
There is still so much more!
 
Let's live like a firework, firework - oh-oh
As if it were only for today - oh-oh
Because this moment will never come again
Let's live like a firework, firework - oh-oh
The world can be ours - oh-oh
Set off the rockets one by one
And live like firework, firework
Firework

https://lyricstranslate.com

Martin Fliegenschmidt (b1981), David Jürgens
Wincent Weiss 
(b1993), Sascha Wernicke
from the debut album Irgendwas gegen die Stille
Something for the Silence        (3m32)
Feuerwerk

performed by Wincent Weiss
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Let's begin to move back in time from the youngest composition to an older one and on towards our utlimate, early, destination.


Feux d'artifice (Fireworks), comes from Book II of Debussy's Préludes. The Préludes are pieces for solo piano, divided into two separate livres, or books, of twelve preludes each.


Unlike previous collections of preludes, such as those of JS Bach and Chopin, Debussy's do not follow a strict pattern of key signatures. Each book was written in a matter of months - an unusually fast pace for Debussy.


Book one was written between December 1909 and February 1910, and book two between the last months of 1912 and early April 1913. Wikipedia



The second version is also played by Marc-André Hamelin, Here all you see is the piano score. You may be intrigued to learn how some of these rapid passages are written.


Claude Debussy
 (1862-1918)
        (4m43)
from Preludes, Book 2 CD 131 (1911-12)
    12 Feux d'artifice    Modérément animé  Moderately animated

performed by Marc-André Hamelin, in March 2007, at the 92nd Street Y, New York


Marking Rimsky-Korsakov's daughter's engagement to composer Maximilien Steinberg, Stravinsky told him he would write an orchestral fantaisie for the couple.

Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky's tutor, was ill at the time. Six weeks of work later, Stravinsky sent him the piano score. It was returned 'Addressee Deceased'.

Stravinsky was shocked by this news. He immediately set aside orchestration of the work and instead wrote a Funeral Song to the memory of his mentor.

This piece was performed on the 13th Februray 1909 under the baton of Félix Blumenfeld - and it was lost pretty soon after.

Having composed his Chant funèbre, Stravinsky completed Feu d'artifice, which was performed on the same evening as his Scherzo fantastique, 6th February 1909, with the conductor Alexandre Ziloti.

The evening proved most important for the composer's career as it was the occasion at which Serge Diaghilev came to notice Stravinsky's remarkable talent.
Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Feu d'artifice Op 4, HH4, CC13 (1908)       
 (5m05)
Fantaisie pour grand orchestre
Fantasy for full orchestra


performed by hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) with conductor, Paavo Järvi, in the Alte Oper (Old Opera House) Frankfurt, 17th February 2011

Our concert reaches its climax not just with music for fireworks, but with Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.

The music was composed for a fireworks display to be held in Green Park on 27 April 1749. The theme was the end of the War of Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle the previous year.

Handel was displeased when told he could not include those non-military stringed fellows - violins. King George II wanted to hear only wind and percussion. Displeased too when he was told that the rehearsal would not be in situ, but rather it would take place at the Vauxhall Gardens.

Bear in mind that there was only one Thames crossing for vehicles in those days - London Bridge. So in scenes we might liken to Millennium Eve on the DLR at Stratford, the bridge had a 3-hour carriages-jam! It is varioiusly claimed that 8,000 - 12,000 people paid half-a-crown a piece (2 shillings and sixpence, 2/6d, or 12.5p) to attend this rehearsal.

In Green Park, the musicians were in an Italian-designed pavilion, and there were further Italian influences in the decorations. Even the fireworks were controlled by Italians. The music was a great success, the fireworks less so due to the rainy weather and several mis-fires.

[wikipedia] ... in the middle of the show the right pavilion caught fire. A woman's clothes were set alight by a stray rocket and other fireworks burned two soldiers and blinded a third. Another soldier had his hand blown off during an earlier rehearsal for the 101 cannon  used during the event.

Didn't they always tell us how dangerous fireworks are, though!

So, take your mind off to Green Park, with the wood and textile, theatre-built set, ready for the Royal Fireworks:

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Here is the first page of the score for the concert, the Ouverture: (click to enlarge)

Handel is very specific in his instrumentation.
From the top it reads:

Tromba                          1st Trumpets x 3
2nd Trumpets x 3
Principals (3rd Trumpets) x 3

Timpani - 3 pairs

                     Corn.                                   1st Horns x 3
2nd Horns x 3
3rd Horns x 3

Hautbs (hautbois)        1st Oboes x 12
2nd Oboes x 8
3rd Oboes x 4

Note how (Handel?) has written Violino 1 & 2, and viola against these Oboe parts

Basson                               1st Bassoons x 8
2nd Bassoons x 4

And here is written violoncelli e contrabasse
(cellos and double basses)

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks - Page 1 of the full score
For the lovers of wind instruments I offer this enthusiastic performance on the left. Only a few minor adjustments occur through the introduction of clarinets and saxophones doubling on some oboe parts. And as they are indoors they make do with a single pair of timps.

On the right (or lower down) is the orchestral version, from a BBC Promenade Concert.

Here then is your finale to today's Musical Fireworks concert.
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-59)    (18m52)
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351 (1749)
1 - Ouverture: Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, Allegro
2 - Bourrée
3 - La Paix: Largo alla siciliana
4 - La Réjouissance: Allegro
5 - Menuets I & II  Allegro
 
performed by the Stadtkapelle Tulln, conductor: Hans-Peter Manser, in the Stadtpfarrkirche Tulln Sankt Stephan (Town Parish Church of St Stephen), at a Kirchenkonzert 2012, in Tulln, Lower Austria

Georg Frideric Handel (1685-59)    (16m01)
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351 (1749)
1 - Ouverture: Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, Allegro
2 - Bourrée
3 - La Paix: Largo alla siciliana
4 - La Réjouissance: Allegro
5 - Menuets I & II  Allegro

performed by Le Concert Spirituel,  Hervé Niquet conductor
at BBC Prom No 7, 18 July 2012, in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK


'Afore ye go...

I just want to tell you about an instrument that crosses between the two performances above, or at least could have done.

Have you heard of the Trumpet Marine? No, it's not a rank in the US Forces. It is a stringed instrument that sounds like a trumpet.

There is a brilliant documentary presentation of the Trumpet Marine, its history, AND lots of musical examples, on this link. Watch, listen, watch again, and be amazed!

Here are a few key points:
  • 1 string (usually)
  • lots of sympathetic strings inside!
  • no frets (as a viol would have)
  • bowed - either underhand or over
  • bridge - it's loose, movable, and there are different sizes
  • it's hollow, right to the floor

You need to hear this instrument, you really do. Nothing to do with fireworks, except how you will feel knowing this has been part of your life experience, wondering why, how, you have never heard if it before!

That's a very personal, partial, note from Peter!
Trumpet Marine Video

Presenter: Peter Steadman
Assisted by: Richard Miller & Jane Forrester

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Diphonon Duo, Michael Iskas, viola, IƱigo Mikeleiz Berrade, accordion, 8th October 2020,

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Oct 15th

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CarmenCo
CarmenCo, Emily Andrews, flute, voice, Francisco Correa, David Massey, guitar, 22nd October 2020,

Oct 22nd

Carmenco

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Phil Hopkins
chromatic harmonica
Stuart Whatton
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• Marina Kan's AGM Piano Concert

• Concert for St George's Day and Shakespeare's Birthday

• Music on May Day

• Music for VE Day 75th Anniversary

• Piano à Deux - Linda Ang Stoodley & Robert Stoodley, 4 hands on 1 piano

• Clocks & Cathedrals (musical clocks, that is)

• Guitars & Friends - a guitar medley

• Beethoven & Haydn String Quartets

• Cello Tango - from solos to multi cellists

• Organs of Paris  ♥ Les Orgues de Paris

• Flute Fest

• Virtual Viola, hosted by Lynda Chang

• Multi Piano - pianos from two to 12 at a time

• From Sackbutt to Trombone

• Harp Haven - our President's 100th Birthday Concert

• Oboe Omnibus

• Gentle Guitar

• Music for Unusual Instruments

• Viola da Gamba, hosted by Ibrahim Aziz

• Music & the Military

• Choral Music

• Clarinet Compilation, hosted by Lynda Chang

• The Voice, hosted by Lynda Chang

• Beethoven 250, hosted by Peter Horsfield

• Eddie Lee's Jazz on Thursday - recorded as live for Arts e-Live

• Diphonon viola & accordion Duo 
- recorded as live for Arts e-Live

• Marion Bettsworth & organ of St Michael's Highgate 
- recorded as live for Arts e-Live

• CarmenCo - Carmen's Story in flute, voice & guitars
 - recorded as live for Arts e-Live

• Phil Hopkins, harmonica, Stuart Whatton, piano,
            
From JS Bach to film music composer John Barry - recorded as live for Arts e-Live

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Alisa Weilerstein, cello,
Philharmonia Sessions:
Hrůša conducts Dvořák


Thursday 5 November, 7.30pm GMT | YouTube | FREE


We all need an escape once in a while - and what better way to forget about the world for an evening than with a stunningly-filmed free concert.

Join us, along with star cellist Alisa Weilerstein and longstanding Philharmonia friend Jakub Hrůša, for an all-Dvořák programme filled with joy, passion and plenty of flair.

From the heartfelt emotion of Alisa's cello in Silent Woods to the excitement of the full orchestra in the Czech Suite, there's music for everyone to love.

We can’t wait to share this performance with you. Click on the photo for details.

Next Week
Thursday 12 November, 7.30pm


Watch regular Philharmonia conductor Elim Chan lead a performance of two of Mendelssohn's best-loved works live from the Royal Festival Hall.  click here for details & tickets

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INTRODUCING THE TRUMPET MARINE
| The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments
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If you haven't heard or seen a trumpet marine you haven't lived! The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, who have saved this 17th-century instrument from extinction, take us on a whirlwind tour.
"That was amazing! What a sound" - https://www.bremf.org.uk/event/introducing-the-trumpet-marine/

BIRD CHARMER | Piers Adams, with James Duncan of Sussex Wildlife Trust
Take a trip into the woods with passionate naturalist James Duncan, of the Sussex Wildlife Trust, and recorder player Piers Adams to explore the songbirds of Sussex and some music inspired by birds.
"This is utterly delightful."  - https://www.bremf.org.uk/event/bird-charmer/


REBELLION! | Joglaresa
Join subversive artists Joglaresa for a trip through songs of protest from medieval times, and a timely reminder that authority figures have always been the subject of satire, protest and ridicule.
"This is exactly what I needed today."  - https://www.bremf.org.uk/event/rebellion/

SWEET AYRES OF ARCADIA | Musicke in the Ayre
Escape into a perfect Arcadia of Tudor lute songs by Byrd, Dowland, Campion and others. Filmed in the stunning house and gardens of St Mary's House, Bramber.
"This is lovely."  - https://www.bremf.org.uk/event/sweet-ayres-of-arcadia/


THE FOUR FACES OF GAIA | Music from around the globe
Our final event of 2020 brought together musicians from Africa, India, The Middle East and Europe in celebration of the vibrant cultural connections which stretch through time and space to connect us all. An uplifting and memorable way to round off the festival.
"Beautiful! Congratulations!"  -  https://www.bremf.org.uk/2020/index.htm
    PROGRAMME

    PROLOGUE
: Thomas Tallis Spem in alium  -  sung by 40 singers from across Australia

    AFRICA:  From The Gambia:  Sura Susso voice, kora
    ASIA:  From India: Debipriya Sircar voice, sitar  •  Jaymini Sahai kathak dance    •    Sanju Sahai tabla
    THE MIDDLE EAST:  From Azerbaijan:   Ramin Qarayev voice, saz    •    Malik Mansurov tar  • Gochaq Askerov voice    •    Elshan Mansurov kamanchaFrom the Jewish Sephardic tradition:  Jeremy Avis voice    •    Rebecca Askew bass
    EUROPE: From Italy: La Fonte Musica  •  Michele Pasotti directorFrom the UK: BREMF Consort of Voices  •  The Lacock Scholars  •  The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble  •  Deborah Roberts director

    FINALE:  Jeremy Avis The Whispering Dome WORLD PREMIERE
First performance of an original work commissioned specially for the Finale of this year’s festival  •  Debipriya Sircar voice, sitar    •    Sura Susso voice, kora  •  Jeremy Avis voice, harpsichord, composer  •  Rebecca Askew voice, bass, arranger  •  BREMF Community Choir     ♦    
Click this link for full details of each concert:     https://www.bremf.org.uk/2020/index.htm
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