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Há 2 dias · Harrison Birtwistle with cast members from the 1985 premiere of his opera, The Mask of Orpheus. Photo courtesy of the Peter Zinovieff Archive. As a young man he dabbled in writing bits of melody in the style of the British composers whose music he had played, such as Vaughan Williams and Elgar, but these juvenile efforts were nothing more than elementary imitation, in his remembrance.
17 de jun. de 2024 · Birtwistle was best known for his 1972 orchestral work The Triumph of Time, as well as operas The Mask Of Orpheus, Gawain and The Minotaur.
4 de jun. de 2024 · Le compositeur britannique Harrison Birtwistle est décédé le 18 Avril 2022 à l’âge de 88 ans. Son premier opéra (de chambre), Punch and Judy (d’après les marionnettes traditionnelles éponymes) est créé le 8 juin 1968 à l’Aldeburgh Festival et choque une partie du public par sa violence.
20 de jun. de 2024 · I once conducted, years ago – at a CD launch of music by Harrison Birtwistle, when the wind quintet asked if somebody could get them started for a performance that would later in the evening be unconducted.
19 de jun. de 2024 · • Finally, for those who’ve had sufficient Easter uplift, there’s a celebration of Harrison Birtwistle at Wigmore Hall, March 26, delivered by the Nash Ensemble and BBC Singers. Birtwistle was never easy listening, and to many he was just cacophony.
4 de jun. de 2024 · De Britse componist Sir Harrison Birtwistle is op 87-jarige leeftijd, in zijn huis in Zuid-Engeland, overleden. In 1988 was hij in de adelstand verheven en hij was tevens één van de 65 leden van de Order of Companions of Honour, de Orde van de Eregezellen.
20 de jun. de 2024 · A Night at the Opera – A Review of the First Night of the Revival of Harrison Birtwhistle’s opera The Minotaur at The Royal Opera House by Celia Thompson The opera is based on the well known story of the Minotaur kept in the labyrinth in Crete, who is sent a cargo of innocents from Athens as an annual sacrifice, and is slain by ...
