Calendarul muzical al zilei - 29 ianuarie 2015

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1862 S-a născut compozitorul englez Frederik Delius (decedat 10.06.1934) 153 ani 1893 S-a născut compozitorul român Marţian Negrea (decedat 13.07.1973) 122 an 1900 S-a născut compozitorul român Iuliu Mureşianu (decedat 15.02.1956) 115 ani 1913 S-a născut violonistul şi pedagogul român Ionel Geantă (decedat 6.02.1980) 102 ani 1924 S-a născut compozitorul italian Luigi Nono (decedat 8.05.1990) 91 ani 1962 Comemorarea violonistului austriac Fritz Kreisler 53 ani 2006 Comemorarea tenorului român Ludovic Spiess 9 ani

Lloyd-Jones, David. English Northern Philharmonia
Evans, Irene; Francis, Sarah; Glanville, Susannah; Lees, Susan; Pearce, Sue; Thomas, Shirley
Frederick Delius - Florida Suite
1. Daybreak - Dance 00:11:43
2. By the River 00:07:09
3. Sunset - Near the Plantation 00:10:10
4. At Night 00:08:09
Sea-Drift, for baritone, chorus and orchestra (1903-04)

A gorgeous, lyrical and lush choral work by English composer Frederick Delius (1862-1934), based the poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" from Book XIX ("Sea-Drift") of the poetry collection "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman (1819-1892). The work was premiered in 1906 under the baton of Henry Wood with Frederic Austin singing the baritone solo part. The poetry is suffused with images of love, the sea and death as Whitman observes two mating birds, the male's bewilderment, following the death of the female, becoming analogous to the human experience of loss and grief. When combined with Delius's music the effect is heightened to an overwhelming intensity.

The text selected by Delius for this setting is available here:
http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_mu...

Baritone: Bryn Terfel
Chorus-masters: Neville Creed, Graham Caldbeck, David Hill
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Waynflete Singers
Southern Voices
Bounemouth Symphony Chorus
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra