"Belshazzar's Feast (Walton) Belshazzar's Feast is a cantata by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the Leeds Festival on 8 October 1931, with the baritone Dennis Noble, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Leeds Festival Chorus, conducted by Malcolm Sargent. The work has remained one of Walton's most celebrated compositions. Osbert Sitwell selected the text from the Bible, primarily the Book of Daniel, and Psalm 137. The work is dedicated to Walton's friend and benefactor Lord Berners. In the story of Belshazzar's Feast, the Jews are in exile in Babylon. After a feast at which Belshazzar,"
"William Walton Sir William Turner Walton, OM (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include ""Façade"", the cantata ""Belshazzar's Feast"", the Viola Concerto and the First Symphony. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of a musician, Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford. On leaving the university, he was taken up by the literary Sitwell siblings, who provided him with a home and a cultural education. His earliest work of note was"
"twenty recordings since Harty's 1936 set. William Walton Sir William Turner Walton, OM (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include ""Façade"", the cantata ""Belshazzar's Feast"", the Viola Concerto and the First Symphony. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of a musician, Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford. On leaving the university, he was taken up by the literary Sitwell siblings, who provided him with a home and a cultural education."
"Belshazzar's Feast (Sibelius) Belshazzar's Feast (), Op. 51, is incidental music by Jean Sibelius to a play of the same name by the journalist, poet and playwright (1868−1927). Sibelius composed in 1906 eight movements, scored for orchestra, with singers also being required in some numbers: In 1907 Sibelius extracted a purely orchestral suite of four numbers, which is much better known than the original score. The first performance of the play and its incidental music was at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki on 7 November 1906, conducted by the composer. It had 21 performances through to January 1907. Extracts from"
"a wonderful work. On the other hand, the Synod of the Church of England considered its text inappropriate for performance in cathedrals, hence the Three Choirs Festival did not permit its performance until 1957. The Worcester Music Festival barred it until 1975. Belshazzar's Feast (Walton) Belshazzar's Feast is a cantata by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the Leeds Festival on 8 October 1931, with the baritone Dennis Noble, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Leeds Festival Chorus, conducted by Malcolm Sargent. The work has remained one of Walton's most celebrated compositions. Osbert Sitwell selected the"
"Belshazzar's Feast (Martin) Belshazzar's Feast is an oil painting by British painter John Martin (1789–1854). It was first exhibited at the British Institution in February 1821 and won a prize of £200 for the best picture. It was so popular that it needed to be protected from the crowds by a railing, and established Martin's fame. In the words of Martin's biographer William Feaver, he ""turned literary references to visual reality"". Martin published mezzotint engravings in 1826 and 1832. The original painting is now held in a private collection; two smaller contemporaneous ""sketches"" are held by the Yale Center for"
"Belshazzar's Feast (band) Belshazzar’s Feast are an English folk music duo comprising singer/oboist/fiddler Paul Sartin and piano accordionist Paul Hutchinson. The pair have a reputation for slapstick spoken, physical and musical comedy as well as fine musicianship. Sartin and Hutchinson met in the mid-1990s when they were both members of the folk-rock band Life Of Reilly, who existed to write music to satirise the construction of the Newbury bypass. After a few performances they left the band to form a duo. They initially set out working for ceilidhs and social dances, working with caller Andrew Shaw on a project exploring"
"Owain Arwel Hughes Owain Arwel Hughes CBE (born 21 March 1942) is a Welsh orchestral conductor. Hughes was born in Ton Pentre, Rhondda, the son of another successful musician, composer Arwel Hughes. He studied at Howardian High School, Cardiff, University College, Cardiff and the Royal College of Music. He studied conducting under Sir Adrian Boult, Bernard Haitink and Rudolf Kempe. He became well known after a rousing televised performance of William Walton's ""Belshazzar’s Feast"", which won the praise of the composer himself. He later hosted a BBC series, ""The Much-Loved Music Show"". He has also made numerous recordings, including works"
"(baritone), Lahti Chamber Choir, conducted by Osmo Vänskä, as part of BIS Records' Complete Sibelius Edition. Belshazzar's Feast (Sibelius) Belshazzar's Feast (), Op. 51, is incidental music by Jean Sibelius to a play of the same name by the journalist, poet and playwright (1868−1927). Sibelius composed in 1906 eight movements, scored for orchestra, with singers also being required in some numbers: In 1907 Sibelius extracted a purely orchestral suite of four numbers, which is much better known than the original score. The first performance of the play and its incidental music was at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki on 7"
"A performance by him at a Three Choirs Festival concert in Worcester in 1932 was the only occasion on which Walton met Elgar, whom he greatly admired. Elgar did not share the general enthusiasm for Walton's concerto. Walton's next major composition was the massive choral cantata ""Belshazzar's Feast"" (1931). It began as a work on a modest scale; the BBC commissioned a piece for small chorus, orchestra of no more than fifteen players, and soloist. Osbert Sitwell constructed a text, selecting verses from several books of the Old Testament and the Book of Revelation. As Walton worked on it, he"
"Fillers"" (Unearthed B008YBADAO)<br> 2014 ""The Whiting’s On The Wall"" (Unearthed B00ISKT5NM) Belshazzar's Feast (band) Belshazzar’s Feast are an English folk music duo comprising singer/oboist/fiddler Paul Sartin and piano accordionist Paul Hutchinson. The pair have a reputation for slapstick spoken, physical and musical comedy as well as fine musicianship. Sartin and Hutchinson met in the mid-1990s when they were both members of the folk-rock band Life Of Reilly, who existed to write music to satirise the construction of the Newbury bypass. After a few performances they left the band to form a duo. They initially set out working for ceilidhs and"
"in the use of allegory Pedro Calderón de la Barca [1600 – 1681]: considered most prolific of the writers of ""autos""; two well-known autos are ""La cena del rey Baltaza,"" or ""Belshazzar's Feast"" and ""El gran teatro del Mundo"", or ""The Great Theater of the World"" One of Calderón's ""autos"" that is a popular English translation is ""Belshazzar's"" ""Feast"". It relates directly to the Eucharist, sacrilegious behavior, and punishment exacted on Belshazzar for his sinful behavior. Belshazzar – based off Biblical character, but allegorical for humanity Daniel – Biblical historic character, allegoric personification of Wisdom and God’s Judgement Idolatry –"
"Belshazzar's Feast (Rembrandt) Belshazzar's Feast is a painting by Rembrandt housed in the National Gallery, London. The painting is Rembrandt's attempt to establish himself as a painter of large, baroque history paintings. The date of the painting is unknown, but most sources give a date between 1635 and 1638. The story of Belshazzar and the writing on the wall originates in the Old Testament Book of Daniel. The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar looted the Temple in Jerusalem and has stolen the sacred artefacts such as golden cups. His son Belshazzar used these cups for a great feast where the hand of"
"(Topic TSCD527) <br> 2003 ""The First Cut"" Dr Faustus (Fellside B0000C666X) Paul Sartin Paul Sartin (born 1971) is an English singer, instrumentalist, composer and arranger, specialising in oboe and violin. He is best known for his work with the folk band Bellowhead, but also plays with three-piece Faustus and the folk/comedy duo Belshazzar's Feast. Sartin was brought up in Willesden, London. He was educated at Anson Primary School, Highgate School, on an assisted place, and subsequently moved to the Purcell School for Young Musicians, again on an assisted place from Brent music service. Between school and university, he played oboe"
"Miklós Rózsa Miklós Rózsa (; 18 April 1907 – 27 July 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931), and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953. Best known for his nearly one hundred film scores, he nevertheless maintained a steadfast allegiance to absolute concert music throughout what he called his ""double life."" Rózsa achieved early success in Europe with his orchestral Theme, Variations, and Finale (Op. 13) of 1933 and became prominent in the film industry from such early scores as ""The Four Feathers"" (1939)"
"Paul Sartin Paul Sartin (born 1971) is an English singer, instrumentalist, composer and arranger, specialising in oboe and violin. He is best known for his work with the folk band Bellowhead, but also plays with three-piece Faustus and the folk/comedy duo Belshazzar's Feast. Sartin was brought up in Willesden, London. He was educated at Anson Primary School, Highgate School, on an assisted place, and subsequently moved to the Purcell School for Young Musicians, again on an assisted place from Brent music service. Between school and university, he played oboe with a musical theatre troupe called Gloria, and the English National"
"Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early romantic period. Mendelssohn wrote symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music and chamber music. His best-known works include his Overture and incidental music for ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", the ""Italian Symphony"", the ""Scottish Symphony"", the overture ""The Hebrides"", his mature Violin Concerto, and his String Octet. His ""Songs Without Words"" are his most famous solo piano compositions. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism"
"As musical director of the choral society in Freetown, Nicholas worked with Adelaide Caseley Hayford, who used her influence to promote Ballanta's further education. He composed a choral work, ""Belshazzar's Feast"", set to a text by Felicia Hemans, that was performed in Freetown in 1919. When Mrs. Caseley Hayford travelled to America, she took that work with her to continue promoting his career. She urged him to join her and sent funds for his journey to the United States. After working with Mrs. Caseley Hayford to produce African pageants in Boston and Philadelphia, Nicholas went to New York, where he"
"Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO). BFC has also made 10 appearances at the BBC Proms since its first Proms performance in 1986 and two of its many recordings of classical works have been nominated for Grammy awards. As of September 2017, the chorus has performed 616 works in 513 concerts and 86 recording sessions at 98 different venues. It has worked with 107 orchestras, 155 conductors, 724 soloists and 111 other choirs. BFC was formed by the Hungarian-born conductor Laszlo Heltay for the 1968 Brighton Festival specifically for a performance of Sir William Walton's large-scale cantata Belshazzar's Feast, conducted by the composer"
"the two composers became lifelong friends (they had met briefly in 1923). Clark played an even greater role in Walton's ""Belshazzar's Feast"": he was its progenitor. On 21 August 1929 he asked Walton for a work suitable for broadcasting, written for a small choir, soloist, and an orchestra not exceeding 15 players. Walton later thanked Clark for bringing ""Belshazzar's Feast"" to the attention of Sergei Prokofiev, who showed some interest in it. His friend John Ireland introduced Alan Bush to Clark, who was responsible for having many of Bush's works broadcast between 1929 and 1936. On 3 March 1930, Edward"
"historians have pointed out there are obvious stylistic similarities between portions of ""Intimations"" and William Walton's 1931 cantata ""Belshazzar's Feast"": Intimations of Immortality Intimations of Immortality, Op. 29, an ode for tenor, chorus, and orchestra, is one of the best-known works by English composer Gerald Finzi. It is a setting of nine of the eleven stanzas (all but the seventh and eighth) of William Wordsworth's """", cast as a single continuous movement of 45 minutes duration. Finzi began composing the work in the late 1930s, but did not complete it until 1950, just before it was performed on 5 September"
"Belshazzar (Handel) Belshazzar (HWV 61) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The libretto was by Charles Jennens, and Handel abridged it considerably. Jennens' libretto was based on the Biblical account of the fall of Babylon at the hands of Cyrus the Great and the subsequent freeing of the Jewish nation, as found in the Book of Daniel. Handel composed ""Belshazzar"" in the late Summer of 1744 concurrently with ""Hercules"", during a time that Winton Dean calls ""the peak of Handel's creative life"". The work premiered the following Lenten season on 27 March 1745 at the King's Theatre, London. The"
"one a semitone higher than its predecessor. Walton briefly refers back to Schoenberg with a dodecaphonic passage in the second movement, but otherwise the sonata is firmly tonal. Walton's liturgical compositions include the ""Coronation Te Deum"" (1952), ""Missa brevis"" (1966), ""Jubilate Deo"" (1972), and ""Magnificat"" and ""Nunc dimittis"" (1974), and the anthems ""A Litany"" (1916) and ""Set me as a seal upon thy heart"" (1938). One of the best-known and most frequently performed of Walton's works is the cantata ""Belshazzar's Feast"". Written for large orchestra, chorus and baritone soloist, it intersperses a choral and orchestral depiction of Babylonian excess and"
"Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his ""Pavane"", Requiem, ""Sicilienne"", nocturnes for piano and the songs ""Après un rêve"" and ""Clair de lune"". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style. Fauré was born into a"
"Alexander's Feast (Handel) Alexander's Feast (HWV 75) is an ode with music by George Frideric Handel set to a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton. Hamilton adapted his libretto from John Dryden's ode ""Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music"" (1697) which had been written to celebrate Saint Cecilia's Day. Jeremiah Clarke (whose score is now lost) set the original ode to music. Handel composed the music in January 1736, and the work received its premiere at the Covent Garden Theatre, London, on 19 February 1736. In its original form it contained three concertos: a concerto in B flat major in 3"
"well as the work of the Finzi Trust and the Finzi Friends, Finzi’s music enjoyed a great resurgence from the late 20th century onwards. Gerald Finzi Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata ""Dies natalis"" for solo voice and string orchestra, and his concertos for cello and clarinet. Gerald Finzi was born in London, the son of John Abraham (Jack) Finzi and Eliza Emma (Lizzie) Leverson. Finzi became one of the most"
"composer with his ""Entertainment"", ""Façade"" (to verses by Edith Sitwell). His other major works of the 1920s and early 1930s, including the overture ""Portsmouth Point"" (1926), the Viola Concerto and the cantata, ""Belshazzar's Feast"" had established him as a prominent figure in British music. In 1931 Walton began work on a symphony. Always a slow and painstaking composer, he made gradual progress. The first two movements were finished by early 1933, and he composed the slow movement in the middle of that year. After that, he suffered a persistent writer's block and could not complete the finale. Critics including Edward"
"Francis Forcer the Elder Francis Forcer the elder (c.1650–c.1705) was an English composer. Forcer is mentioned by Hawkins as the writer of many songs, five of which may be found in Playford's ""Choyce Ayres and Dialogues"", (bk. ii. 1679, one in the edition of 1681, and two in that of 1683). Some of his music is in the Fitzwilliam Collection, Cambridge, an overture and eight tunes are in the Christ Church Library, Oxford, and a set of instrumental trios, with a jig and gavotte for organ, among the British Museum manuscripts. He was one of four stewards for the celebration"
"Florence Aylward Florence Aylward (10 March 1862 – 14 October 1950) was an English composer known for ballads. Aylward was born at Brede Rectory in Brede, East Sussex, England in 1862, the daughter of the Rector of Brede, Augustus Aylward and his wife Mary, who was the eldest daughter of Thomas Frewen of Brickwall in Sussex. Aylward studied at the Guildhall School. Aylward began composing at an early age, and her songs began to be performed at local concerts when she was 12. Aylward's early composition efforts caught the attention of William Boosey, of the publisher Boosey & Hawkes. Aylward's"
"Gerald Finzi Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata ""Dies natalis"" for solo voice and string orchestra, and his concertos for cello and clarinet. Gerald Finzi was born in London, the son of John Abraham (Jack) Finzi and Eliza Emma (Lizzie) Leverson. Finzi became one of the most characteristically ""English"" composers of his generation. Despite being an agnostic of Jewish descent, several of his choral works incorporate Christian texts. Finzi's father, a"
"one of the most distinctive features of the piece. The Babylonians are characterised in Handel's music not as evil pagans but as happy pleasure-seekers with dance derived foot-tapping tunes. The Jews by contrast are given music of weighty and solemn dignity and the music for the chorus of Persians is marked by nobility and fugal development. The work is notable also for its characterisation through music of the leading roles, especially the dignified and sad figure of the Queen Mother Nitocris, despairing over her son's behaviour. Belshazzar (Handel) Belshazzar (HWV 61) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The libretto"
"Richard Farrant Richard Farrant (c. 1525 – 30 November 1580) was an English composer. Like many composers of his day, the early years of Farrant's life are not well documented. The first acknowledgment of him is in a list of the Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1552. It is assumed from that list that his birth was around 1525. Although, that cannot be accurately determined. During his life he was able to establish himself as a successful composer, develop the English drama considerably, founded the first Blackfriars Theatre, and be the first to write verse-anthems. He married Anne Bower,"
"Adela Maddison Katharine Mary Adela Maddison, née Tindal (15 December 1862 – 12 June 1929), usually known as Adela Maddison, was a British composer of operas, ballets, instrumental music and songs. She was also a concert producer. She composed a number of French songs in the style of mélodies; for some years she lived in Paris, where she was a pupil, friend and possibly lover of Gabriel Fauré. Subsequently, living in Berlin, she composed a German opera which was staged in Leipzig. On returning to England she created works for Rutland Boughton's Glastonbury Festivals. She was born at 42 York"