"thought Bliss's music competent but unremarkable. In 1961, Bliss and Hassall collaborated on a cantata, ""The Beatitudes"", commissioned for the opening of the new Coventry Cathedral. Reviews were friendly, but the work has rarely been performed since, and has been eclipsed by another choral work written for Coventry at the same time, Britten's ""War Requiem"". Bliss followed this with two further large-scale choral works, ""Mary of Magdala"" (1962) and ""The Golden Cantata"" (1963). Throughout his life, Bliss was vigilant on the state of music in Britain, about which he had written extensively since the 1920s. In 1969 he publicly censured"
"War Requiem The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a large-scale setting of the Requiem composed by Benjamin Britten mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The ""War Requiem"" was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid. The traditional Latin texts are interspersed, in telling juxtaposition, with extra-liturgical poems by Wilfred Owen, written during World War I. The work is scored for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus, boys' choir, organ, and two orchestras (a full orchestra and a chamber orchestra)."
"Among the highlights of Pears's career in the 1960s was the premiere of Britten's War Requiem in May 1962, marking the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral. Britten composed it with the voices of Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Galina Vishnevskaya in mind. The Soviet authorities prevented Vishnevskaya from taking part (Heather Harper deputised) but in January 1963 all three intended soloists took part in a Decca recording conducted by Britten, which unexpectedly became a best-seller. As well as his performing partnership with Britten, Pears established another with Julian Bream, who, as a lutenist, accompanied him in many works, most notably"
"works, the ""War Requiem"", was premiered in 1962. He had been asked four years earlier to write a work for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, a modernist building designed by Basil Spence. The old cathedral had been left in ruins by an air-raid on the city in 1940 in which hundreds of people died. Britten decided that his work would commemorate the dead of both World Wars in a large-scale score for soloists, chorus, chamber ensemble and orchestra. His text interspersed the traditional Requiem Mass with poems by Wilfred Owen. Matthews writes, ""With the ""War Requiem"" Britten reached"
"finest in England. The new Coventry Cathedral designed by Sir Basil Spence was consecrated in 1962 and adjoins the shell of the ancient church. Cathedrals are places where the Christian rituals particular to a bishop, especially ordination and enthronement, can be performed, and are structured and furnished for these purposes. Each cathedral contains the seat of the local bishop, often literally a large throne. The bishop's throne is located towards the eastern end of the cathedral, near the high altar, which is main focus of worship. On the altar is served the Eucharist, a symbolic meal of bread and wine"
"With only ten days' notice, Heather Harper stepped in and performed the soprano role. Although the Coventry Cathedral Festival Committee had hoped Britten would be the sole conductor for the work's premiere, shoulder pain forced his withdrawal from the main conducting role. He did, however, conduct the chamber orchestra, and this spawned a tradition of separate conductors that the work does not require and Britten never envisaged. The premiere took place on 30 May 1962, in the rebuilt cathedral with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Meredith Davies (accompanying soprano and chorus), and the Melos Ensemble, conducted by"
"received the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music. It is frequently produced around the world. After the success of ""The Crucible"", Ward received several commissions for ceremonial works, such as ""Hymn and Celebration"" in 1962, ""Music for a Celebration"" in 1963, ""Festive Ode"" in 1966, ""Fiesta Processional"" in 1966, and ""Music for a Great Occasion"" in 1970. During those years he also wrote the cantata, ""Sweet Freedom's Song"", in 1965; the ""Fifth Symphony"" in 1976; a ""Piano Concerto"" in 1968, which was commissioned by the Powder River Foundation for the soloist Marjorie Mitchell; a ""Saxophone Concerto"" in 1984; and the operas"
"mythological king of the Trojans, as recorded in Homer's ""Iliad"", and again he prepared his own libretto. As with ""The Midsummer Marriage"", Tippett's preoccupation with the opera meant that his compositional output was limited for several years to a few minor works, including a ""Magnificat"" and ""Nunc Dimittis"" written in 1961 for the 450th anniversary of the foundation of St John's College, Cambridge. ""King Priam"" was premièred in Coventry by the Covent Garden Opera on 29 May 1962 as part of a festival celebrating the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral. The production was by Sam Wanamaker and the lighting"
"the second and third movements of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto and, in 1961 with the National Youth Orchestra, Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2. He also became organist and choirmaster in 1961 at St John's Presbyterian Church, Kensington (now St Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church), a post he held for 14 years. Tavener entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1962, where his tutors included Sir Lennox Berkeley. During his studies there he decided to give up the piano and devote himself to composition. Tavener first came to prominence in 1968 with his dramatic cantata ""The Whale"", based on the Old Testament"
"Meredith Davies (Albert) Meredith Davies CBE (30 July 1922 – 9 March 2005) was a British conductor, renowned for his advocacy of English music by composers such as Benjamin Britten, Frederick Delius and Ralph Vaughan Williams. His co-conducting, with the composer, of the premiere of Britten's ""War Requiem"", at the re-consecration of Coventry Cathedral on 30 May 1962, is generally regarded as one of the highlights of British 20th-century choral music. Meredith Davies was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the second son of a clergyman. At the age of seven he became a junior exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music"
"contemporary works: ""Voices of Night"" by Franz Reizenstein in 1969; La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ by Messiaen at the first night of the Proms in 1970; and the ""Requiem"" by Gyorgy Ligeti in 1971. In 1971, Colin Davis departed to take up the post of Music Director at Covent Garden, and was succeeded by the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. There was also a change of chorus master: in 1972 Peter Gellhorn was succeeded by John Poole, who directed several of the concerts in this period, including Dvořák's ""Te Deum"" and Bruckner's F minor Mass. The Boulez repertoire, as"
"of worship until 1957. Of British cathedrals, only Coventry Cathedral was damaged more, during the infamous Coventry Blitz. Due to its importance, it received Grade I building status on 2 December 1952. Major restorations and reconfigurations were carried out under architect George Pace of York, and the building was back in use in June 1958. The Queen attended a service celebrating the completion of the restoration on 6 August 1960. The Welch Regiment memorial chapel was constructed, and Sir Jacob Epstein created the figure of Christ in Majesty which is raised above the nave on a concrete arch designed by"
"premiered in Cambridge in 2006 to mark his 70th birthday. His setting of ""Laudate Pueri Dominum"" was premiered in 2011 at Westminster Cathedral Hall. His secular works include two operas for young people, ""The Torc of Gold"" (1996) and ""The Quest"" (2000), both on libretti by playwright Maeve Ingoldsby, commissioned by the National Chamber Choir and premiered in Dublin under his direction. On a commission by St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, he composed in 2011 the Missa solemnis ""Bonifatius-Messe"" for soprano, choir, children's choir, oboe and organ, premiered in his presence on 3 October 2012 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the"
"Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph is a large tapestry by Graham Sutherland, installed at the north end of the new Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, England, as a focal point to the nave. It was unveiled in March 1962, shortly before the cathedral was consecrated in May 1962. The work measures , and is reputed to be the largest tapestry made in one single piece. The 14th-century Gothic cathedral in Coventry was severely damaged in November 1940 by Luftwaffe bombs dropped during the Second World War. Rather than being repaired, the ruins were left"
"remaining stops were added in the late summer of 2013. This is the first entirely new organ for a British cathedral since the Coventry installation in the 1960s. In 2012 the cathedral premiered its own record label with a recording called ""Majestas"". The music focuses on the new cathedral organ and the Llandaff Cathedral choir. The recording's title was taken from the Jacob Epstein sculpture in the cathedral's nave that was part of the post-war renewal of the structure. Proceeds from sales of the record were donated to African charities. In December 2013, five days before Christmas, the cathedral chapter"
"of Chester Cathedral. As a divorcee, he was dismissed by the Dean and Chapter when he re-married in 1948. In 1949 he was appointed an Examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In this capacity he travelled widely to New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, and the West Indies. He was chosen as one of a panel of specially co-opted musical adjudicators from Britain for Expo year in Canada. His anthem ""Thou, O God, art praised in Sion"" still enjoys a place in the musical repertoire of the Anglican Communion. For many years no published edition was"
"revival of great quantities of Latin repertoire from the English Renaissance, most of which had lain unsung ever since the Reformation. Students at the Royal College of Music who would become household names were introduced to their heritage when Charles Villiers Stanford sent them to the cathedral to hear ""polyphony for a penny"" (the bus fare). This programme also required honing the boys' sight-reading ability to a then-unprecedented standard. The choir has commissioned many works from distinguished composers, many of whom are better known for their contribution to Anglican music, such as Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams. However, the"
"performed by the cathedral choir conducted by John Scott with organist Christopher Dearnley, and a 1997 overview of ten settings of Magnificat and Nunc dimittis by English composers, performed by the Choir of York Minster conducted by Philip Moore and with organist John Scott Whiteley. A 2012 recording of music by Howells, called ""Requiem"", combines it with anthems, the ""Gloucester Service"", and the Requiem, performed by the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Layton, with organists Simon Bland and Jeremy Cole. Works cited Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for St Paul's Cathedral (""Song of Mary"") and (""Song of Simeon"")"
"for the Royal Fireworks"". His opera, including ""Rinaldo"" (1711, 1731), ""Orlando"" (1733), ""Ariodante"" (1735), ""Alcina"" (1735) and ""Serse"" (1738, also known as ""Xerxes""), helped make Britain second only to Italy as a centre of operatic production. His sacred drama and choral music, particularly the coronation anthem ""Zadok the Priest"" (written for the inauguration of George II in 1727) which has remained part of the ceremony for British monarchs, and above all, the ""Messiah"", helped set the British taste in music for the next 200 years. He was a major influence on future classical composers including Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Ballad"
"the post of Chorus Master, which he held for some eleven years until 1972. Under the Glock regime new works began to re-assume a vital part in the Society's repertoire. On 1 August 1963 the London premiere of Britten's ""War Requiem"" (first performed the preceding year at Coventry Cathedral) was given, with Britten and Meredith Davies conducting. Later that year Alan Rawsthorne's ""Carmen Vitale"" was a choral commission; and at the beginning of 1963 the Society faced one of its greatest challenges, a new work by Hans Werner Henze called ""Novae de Infinito Laudes"". This was given two performances under"
"and presented to Coventry Cathedral by the ship's Captain and colleagues. The cross was subsequently presented first to the next in 1988 until she was decommissioned in 2002, and then to , which is affiliated to Coventry, during her commissioning ceremony on 6 May 2011 by Captain David Hart-Dyke, the commanding officer of ""Coventry"" when she was sunk. BBC broadcast a documentary in 1962 entitled ""Act of Faith"", narrated by Leo Genn, detailed the history of Coventry Cathedral, its destruction and rebuilding. The precentor of the new Coventry Cathedral at the opening service was Joseph Poole. The service was televised"
"at Kneller Hall on July 4, 1923. As a single work, its first performance was given at Wembley during the British Empire Exhibition in April 1924. This work, as well as the ""English Folk Song Suite"", stemmed from Vaughan Williams' admiration for the band of the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall. The work was re-arranged for full orchestra in 1942 by the composer. The term ""Sea Songs"" may also be used to refer to any songs about or concerned with ships and seafarers. Such songs (including Sea Shanties and other work songs) are most commonly classed as"
"Organist and Master of the Choristers at Worcester Cathedral. His final post was as Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1963 until 1981. His most well-known composition is a setting of Lawrence Binyon's poem, ""For the Fallen"", composed in 1971 for the Choir of Westminster Abbey. He also composed music for the organ, including a Voluntary for Easter, composed in 1956. His other appointments have included being professor at the Royal College of Music, and as an examiner for both the Royal College of Organists and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In"
"the opening theme of which was quoted by Delius at the start of the ""Requiem"". Fifteen more years elapsed before the next performance – only the second in the United Kingdom – on 9 November 1965, by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Groves, with Heather Harper and Thomas Hemsley as the soloists. It returned to London in 1968, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Heather Harper and John Shirley-Quirk, at the Royal Albert Hall. Sir Malcolm Sargent was to have conducted, but he had died in 1967 and Meredith Davies was called in in his place."
"Garden of Mirth"", ""Indigo"", ""Velocity"" and ""Bruiser""; Mr. Stevenson's ""Four Last Songs"" and ""Five Poems""; Christopher Bruce's ""Ghost Dances"", ""Sergeant Early's Dream"", ""Rooster"" and the world premiere of ""Hush""; Antony Tudor's ""The Leaves are Fading"" (fourth movement); Glen Tetley's ""Voluntaries"" (Central Couple); Trey McIntyre's ""Second Before the Ground""; Serge Lifar's ""Suite en Blanc""; Harald Lander's ""Etudes""; Jiri Kylian's ""Forgotten Land"" and ""Falling Angels""; Sir Kenneth MacMillan's ""Gloria"" (Pas de Quatre); George Balanchine's ""Theme and Variations"", ""Apollo"" (Terpsichore), ""Western Symphony"", ""The Four Temperaments"" (the Sanguinic couple), ""Serenade"" (Russian Girl and Waltz Girl) and ""Symphony in C"" (first movement); Sir Frederick Ashton's"
"work was his ""Lenten Meditations"" (also known as ""A Lenten Cantata"" or ""A Cantata for Lent""), which was completed in 1962. This is a setting of Biblical texts, written for tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra with organ. Although Hadley was best of friends with Ralph Vaughan Williams, he was not so drawn into the folk song revival. Still, much of his music has subtle folk characteristics. Many of the shorter works in the composer's output, such as anthems for liturgical use, were connected with the choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He also made a number of"
"the Virgin and Child, the most significant of them one by Mino da Fiesole. There is a Limoges enamel book cover panel, a number of Renaissance Limoges items, and several small Gothic ivories. Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (1848–1918) was a leading English composer, teacher and historian of music. As a composer he is best known for the choral song ""Jerusalem"", the coronation anthem ""I was glad"", the choral and orchestral ode ""Blest Pair of Sirens"", and the hymn tune ""Repton"", which sets the words ""Dear Lord and Father of Mankind"". His orchestral works include five symphonies and"
"job of organist and choirmaster of Manchester Cathedral. There he inspired Maxwell Davies by his directing the choir in performances of John IV of Portugal and John Dunstaple. Wicks also championed Maxwell Davies’s ""Fantasia on O Magnum Mysterium"", as well as Malcolm Williamson’s six-movement Symphony. He also organised a Cantata Choir and a small orchestra for Tuesday evening concerts of larger-scale works, including Igor Stravinsky's ""Canticum Sacrum"" and Messiaen's ""Messe de la Pentecôte"". In 1961 he was appointed organist and master of the choristers of Canterbury Cathedral, where he served for 27 years, under three Archbishops, retiring after being appointed"
"Cemetery, Oxford beside her husband. Stainer's output of sacred music was extensive, including the Passion cantata or oratorio ""The Crucifixion"" (1887), the ""Sevenfold Amen"" (this latter piece was especially admired by the lexicographer Sir George Grove), and numerous hymn tunes, including ""Cross of Jesus"", ""All for Jesus"" (both from ""The Crucifixion""), and ""Love Divine"". His settings for the ""Gloria"" and ""Sanctus"" were sung at the coronation of Edward VII in 1902. His work as a composer was much esteemed during his lifetime but is not well known today. ""The Crucifixion"" is one of the few major works of his that"
"most important book; and ""Style in Musical Art"", collected Oxford lectures (1911). Hubert Parry Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 18487 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song ""Jerusalem"", his 1902 setting for the coronation anthem ""I was glad"", the choral and orchestral ode ""Blest Pair of Sirens"", and the hymn tune ""Repton"", which sets the words ""Dear Lord and Father of Mankind"". His orchestral works include five symphonies and a set of Symphonic Variations."
"of England in 2010. Judith Shatin wrote ""The Passion of Saint Cecilia"" for piano and orchestra and ""Fantasy on Saint Cecilia"" for solo piano. Fred Momotenko composed """"Cecilia"""", a composition for full mixed choir, ""a hymn to the past as well as to the future of the monastic tradition"". The world premiere was at Koningshoeven Abbey on Saint Cecilia's feast day 2014. Benjamin Britten wrote a Hymn to St Cecilia, a setting for the poem by W. H. Auden. Arvo Pärt was commissioned to compose a work for the Great Jubilee in Rome in 2000, and wrote (Cecilia, Roman virgin)"
"""The Eve of St John"" (1860), the ""Ode to Shakespeare"" (1870) for the Birmingham Festival, an ""Orchestral Fantasia"" (1872) for the Boston Peace Festival, and the ""Tercentenary Ode"" (1892) for the anniversary of Trinity College, Dublin. Many of these works are difficult to assess today, because Stewart was extremely critical of his own works and destroyed a lot of it, including the ""Ode to Shakespeare"". Stewart also made an international reputation as a performer and extemporiser on the organ. Beginning with an 1851 performance at the Crystal Palace on the occasion of the London Exhibition, he played in England on"
"The piece is composed in three sections which follow the traditional requiem: 'Requiem aeternam', 'Dies irae' and 'Requiescat in pace'. It was premiered by the London Sinfonietta and chorus under David Atherton in August 1969. Shortly afterward the BBC recorded it with the soprano June Barton and the children of Little Missenden Village School and the composer playing the organ. These forces then recorded the work for Apple Records along with two other Tavener pieces: ""Nomine Jesu"" and ""Coplas"". The recording was released in 1970, and re-released as a CD (on SAPCOR 20) in 1993. A Celtic Requiem A Celtic"