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JS Bach & Telemann - Himmelfahrt: Music for Ascension Day
Lionel Meunier, Viola Blache (soprano), Zsuzsi Toth (soprano), Alexander Chance (co...
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Although less widely celebrated than in past ages, the Feast of the Ascension is still a major festival in the calendar of the Christian church. Falling on the Thursday forty days after Easter (and ten before Whitsun/Pentecost), it marks the ascension into heaven of Jesus Christ following several post-Resurrection appearances to his disciples. Its joyful, triumphant mood has lent itself to celebrated works of graphic art, but also to some glorious music down the years, from early liturgical chant to Messiaen’s 1930s orchestral work L'Ascension.... read more
Although less widely celebrated than in past ages, the Feast of the Ascension is still a major festival in the calendar of the Christian church. Falling on the Thursday forty days after Easter (and te... read more
JS Bach & Telemann - Himmelfahrt: Music for Ascension Day
Lionel Meunier, Viola Blache (soprano), Zsuzsi Toth (soprano), Alexander Chance (countertenor), William Shelton (countertenor), Rahael Hohn (tenor), Sebastian Myrus (bass), Tobias Wicky (bass), Vox Luminis, Freiburger Barockorchester
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Remembering Sir Andrew Davis 24th April 2024
24th April 2024
The death at the age of 80 of the conductor Sir Andrew Davis has robbed British music of one of its most ardent champions. Since the announcement of his death this weekend, numerous headlines have linked him with his many appearances at the helm of the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms, occasions which were enlivened by his lightly-worn bonhomie and mischievous wit. The Last Night, with its succession of patriotic favourites, was something that came naturally to Davis, as did an easy rapport with both his fellow musicians and the audience – something that can’t be said so emphatically about some other conductors who have graced the event. Yet there was very much more to him than Last Nights alone.
Born on 2 February 1944 in Ashridge, Hertfordshire, Davis had piano lessons from the age of five, studied Classics at school (an abiding interest), and found work as a teenager... read more