Havergal Brian - Gothic Symphony (Symphony No. 1) (1/10)
Symphony No. 1 in D minor, "The Gothic" (1919-1927) Part I Movement I: Allegro assai According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Gothic Symphony is the largest symphony ever written - larger even than Mahler's Eighth (Symphony of a Thousand). It is the first symphony by British composer William "Havergal" Brian (1876-1972), a contemporary of Granville Bantock, Ralph Vaughan Williams and William Walton. Over the course of his long life, Brian composed 32 symphonies - 8 of them while he was in his nineties. For most of his life, Brian's music was neglected and fell into obscurity, apart from two fruitful periods when he received wider recognition: before the First World War, when Thomas Beecham championed Brian's music, and for a short time in the 1960's when his many symphonies were rediscovered. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that much of his oeuvre has slipped back into obscurity since then. The Gothic Symphony lasts just under two hours and requires extravagant forces: - Woodwind: 2 piccolos, 6 flutes (1 doubling alto flute), 6 oboes (1 doubling oboe d'amore 1 doubling bass oboe), 2 cors anglais, clarinet in E-flat, 5 clarinets in B-flat (1 doubling 2nd E-flat clarinet), 2 basset horns, 2 bass clarinets in B-flat, contrabass clarinet in B-flat, 3 bassoons, 2 contrabassoons - Orchestral brass: 8 horns in F, 8 trumpets (2 doubling cornets in E-flat), bass trumpet, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone (doubling 2nd contrabass trombone), contrabass trombone, 2 euphoniums, 2 <b>...</b>
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Havergal Brian, Symphony No. 14 (The Humboldt Redwoods State Park Community Orchestra)
Havergal Brian acquired a legendary status at the time of his rediscovery in the 1950s and 1960s for the 32 symphonies he had managed to write, an unusually large number for any composer since Haydn or Mozart, and of which eight were completed after the age of 90. He is also notable for his creative persistence in the face of almost total neglect during the greater part of his long life. Even now, none of his works can be said to be performed with any frequency, but few composers who have fallen into neglect after an early period of success have continued to produce so many serious and ambitious works so long after any chance of performance would seem to have been gone for good., Brian's music has several recognisable hallmarks: the liking of extreme dotted rhythms, deep brass notes, and various weird harp, piano and percussion timbres, and other sounds (and textures) than no-one else has conjured from the orchestra. Also typical are moments of hauntingly beautiful stillness, such as the slow harp arpeggio that is heard near the beginning and ending of the Eighth Symphony. But its most notable characteristics is its restlessness: rarely does one mood persist for long before it is contrasted, often abruptly, with another. Even in Brian's slow movements, lyrical meditation does not often structure the music for long before restless thoughts intrude. Brian's music is basically always tonal, but because of this it can be very violent, much more so than aleatory, atonal avant <b>...</b>
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Havergal Brian: Symphony n. 1 "The Gothic"
Havergal Brian Symphony No. 1 in D minor "The Gothic" Excerpt of V movement "Judex crederis esse venturus" Adagio solenne e religioso The orchestral forces for this symphony are commonly thought to be the largest employed in the symphonic repertoire: 2 Piccolos 6 Flutes (1 doubling Alto Flute) 6 Oboes (1 doubling Oboe d'amore 1 doubling Bass Oboe) 2 english horn Clarinet in E-flat 5 Clarinets in B-flat (1 doubling 2nd E-flat clarinet) 2 Basset Horns 2 Bass Clarinets in B-flat Contrabass Clarinet in B-flat 3 Bassoons 2 Contrabassoons 8 Horns in F 8 Trumpets (2 doubling Cornets in E-flat) Bass Trumpet 3 Tenor Trombones Bass Trombone (doubling 2nd Contrabass Trombone) Contrabass Trombone 2 Euphoniums 2 Tubas 2 sets of Timpani2 Bass Drums 2 (preferably 3) Snare Drums Indian long drum 2 Tambourines 2 Triangles 6 pairs of large cymbals Gong Bird Scare Thunder Machine Small chains Xylophone Glockenspiel Tubular Bells Chimes in E-flat Celesta Organ 2 Harps (preferably more ad lib.) 20 First Violins 20 Second Violins 16 Violas 14 Cellos 12 Double Basses. Solo quartet (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass) 4 Mixed Choirs Children's Choir Four offstage Brass Bands each comprising of 2 Horns 2 Trumpets 2 Tenor Trombones 2 Tubas 1 set of Timpani
Stokowski conducts Havergal Brian - Symphony No. 28 (1973)
Legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) leads the New Philharmonia Orchestra in the 1973 world premiere of the 28th Symphony by the prolific British composer William "Havergal" Brian (1876-1972). Stokowski decided to conduct a work by Brian after being impressed by his "Sinfonia Tragica", so he conducted this premiere performance which the BBC broadcasted. Anthony Payne reviewed the event in the Daily Telegraph: "It was fascinating to contemplate the uniqueness of the event - a 91-year-old conductor learning a new work by a 91-year-old composer."
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Havergal Brian "Gothic" Symphony (No. 1) - Sir Adrian Boult conducts
From the first professional performance of Havergal Brian's legendary "Gothic" Symphony, given by enormous choral and orchestral forces under Sir Adrian Boult in 1966, we hear the first movement of this astonishing work. (From a 'Testament' CD.)
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Havergal Brian - Gothic Symphony - Proms 17th July 2011 (1/2)
Unique footage of the performance of Brian's Gothic at the Royal Albert Hall, 17th July 2011. A fragment from the sixth movement. Conductor: maestro Martyn Brabbins. UPDATE 28 November 2011: the Proms Gothic has today come out on 2 CDs, on the Hyperion label. Check it out!
Havergal Brian - Gothic Symphony - Proms 17th July 2011 (2/2)
Unique footage of the closing minutes of Havergal Brian's 'Gothic' Symphony at the Proms 2011, plus a big chunk of the ovation that followed. Especially nice for those who were there, perhaps (I didn't have the time to edit)... Please check out the whole work on CD (Naxos and Testament), it really is worth a listen. UPDATE 28 November 2011: the Proms Gothic has today come out on 2 CDs, on the Hyperion label. Check it out!
Havergal Brian, Symphony No. 5 'The Wine of Summer'
performed by The Humboldt Redwoods State Park Community Orchestra under the unflappable baton of Armand Aisselle. The baritone soloist is Hans Dieter Schwungvoll. Havergal Brian's Fifth Symphony, called Wine of Summer is a setting for baritone and orchestra of words by Lord Alfred Douglas, Wilde's Bosie. He was now in his sixties and the composer visited him at his Brighton home in 1937. If anything, the choice of poet would have seemed even more bizarre in the late thirties than it does today. Douglas himself seems to have been surprised and flattered at this sudden display of interest in his work. The words Brian had chosen were forty years old and had been written in France in the aftermath of the Wilde affair. It is sensual and fluent verse of a Swinburne cast but Brian sets it in a hung-over, cold light of morning style which has puzzled some commentators. It is as if the composer wanted to reflect the disenchanted meaning rather than underline the music of the words themselves. "No joy is here but only neutral peace". Earlier the music has risen to a violent climax at the point where the poet and composer recall a lost world: " . . . old loves that used to burn Dead summer days ago, like fierce red kings." In his choice of the Wilde case to parallel his own, Brian seems more likely to be pointing to the cultural shift which it brought, rather than any more personal identification. At the time of the Wilde case, Brian would have been already nineteen years of age and <b>...</b>
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Havergal Brian - Symphony No. 31
Symphony No. 31 A brief orchestral work by the prolific British composer Havergal Brian (1876-1972), composed when he was over 90 years old. Conductor: Charles Mackerras Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Havergal Brian 10th Symphony rehearsal Part 1 1998
An orchestra of former Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra players, some professional and some amateur, rehearsing with Mark Fitz-Gerald. Many of these musicians took part in the 1972 Unicorn recording of Brian symphonies. Venue: Guthlaxton School, Wigston. 1998 LSSO Reunion.
HAVERGAL BRIAN_In Memoriam_Part 1.wmv
Havergal Brian: In Memoriam for orchestra, Part 1 Introduction - First Scene. Adrian Leaper / RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra This piece suggests less a memorial than something massive (as massive as Brian's rumored output), and so I have coupled it with scenes of the ancient weathered mountains of England. I'm afraid I haven't yet grasped any unifying or memorable element in this work after several listens, but it does create an epic mood. Perhaps you will have better luck.
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Johnny Rabe- Luke Havergal (Duke)
Johnny Rabe's Elective Senior Recital Hockett Recital Hall Ithaca, NY September 30th, 2010 This song was the last in a set of three songs by John Duke. The setting of this piece is at Harvard University. Luke Havergal is urged to go to the western gate because his dead lover's spirit is there and wants him. The carrier of this information (narrator) is desperate to get Luke Havergal to this spot. Poet: EA Robinson
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Havergal Brian, Why Dost Thou Wound and Break My Heart
Brian Rayner Cook, baritone; Roger Vignoles, piano. Harvergal Brian Society (UK) sponsored LP. Havergal Brian acquired a legendary status at the time of his rediscovery in the 1950s and 1960s for the 32 symphonies he had managed to write, an unusually large number for any composer since Haydn or Mozart, and of which eight were completed after the age of 90. He is also notable for his creative persistence in the face of almost total neglect during the greater part of his long life. Even now, none of his works can be said to be performed with any frequency, but few composers who have fallen into neglect after an early period of success have continued to produce so many serious and ambitious works so long after any chance of performance would seem to have been gone for good., Brian's music has several recognisable hallmarks: the liking of extreme dotted rhythms, deep brass notes, and various weird harp, piano and percussion timbres, and other sounds (and textures) than no-one else has conjured from the orchestra. Also typical are moments of hauntingly beautiful stillness, such as the slow harp arpeggio that is heard near the beginning and ending of the Eighth Symphony. But its most notable characteristics is its restlessness: rarely does one mood persist for long before it is contrasted, often abruptly, with another. Even in Brian's slow movements, lyrical meditation does not often structure the music for long before restless thoughts intrude. Brian's music is basically <b>...</b>
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Havergal Brian 10th Symphony rehearsal Part 2 1998
An orchestra of former Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra players, some professional and some amateur, rehearsing with Mark Fitz-Gerald. Many of these musicians took part in the 1972 Unicorn recording of Brian symphonies. Venue: Guthlaxton School, Wigston. 1998 LSSO Reunion.
havergal lungs the race
havergal lungs the race SC028 released: 04/02/01 secretely canadian Feel i've grown up in so many ways in just what seems a few days to meet and love your past to lose that hope so fast but now i have muscles in my face but now i have lungs for the race If i stop writing my fingers are broken If i stop dreaming my intention's been stolen and i know my breath is making you blue but it just won't get upon you I've spread myself as thin as the line the line that divides the luck of time hard to hold what you have better to give all you can If i say i've stopped longing i'm lying If I can't reach i'm not really trying
Havergal Brian - Comedy Overture: Tinker's Wedding
Comedy Overture: Tinker's Wedding (1948) A concert overture by the prolific British composer William "Havergal" Brian (1876-1972), based on the comedy "The Tinker's Wedding" (1909) by Irish playwright John Millington Synge. In the play, the tinker Sarah Casey asks a priest to marry her and Michael Byrne, her long-time partner. However, the priest refuses, calling down the curse of God on them both as they run away. Conductor: Charles Mackerras Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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HAVERGAL BRIAN_In Memoriam_Parts 2 & 3.wmv
Havergal Brian: In Memoriam for orchestra, parts 2 and 3, Adrian Leaper / RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 0:00 Part 2. Second Scene 5:30 (roughly) Part 3. Third Scene This piece suggests less a memorial than something massive (as massive as Brian's rumored output), and so I have coupled it with scenes of the ancient weathered mountains of England. I'm afraid I haven't yet grasped any unifying or memorable element in this work after several listens, but it does create an epic mood. Perhaps you will have better luck.
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Edwin Arlington Robinson's Luke Havergal
Please forgive my accent related problems. I really love Robinson and his peoms. He is my idol. I tried my best to recite - if it could called be a recitation! Don't know how you all will take it! I'm grateful to Vladimir Cosma for his pan flute melody 'La Chevre'.
Luke Havergal, John Duke, Junior Recital 09
This is a selection from my Junior Recital, held in June of 2009. I'm 21 years old and working towards a bachelor's degree in vocal performance. Let me know what you think.
Jukebox EP Dipsomaniacs/Havergal/June Panic/Ring
Label: Krank Records Catalog#: KRANK 011 Format: Vinyl, 7", Compilation, EP Country: Norway Released: Feb 1999 Genre: Rock Style: Post Rock, Indie Rock Tracklist A1 - Dipsomaniacs - In Flight.....Dream #2 A2 - Havergal - Bronze Dream Of The Cast B1 - June Panic - Sundowner B2 - Ring - Island In The Sea Notes Record a multi-track performance by yourself. If you are able to play more than one instrument, a multi-track recorder can be a valuable music-making tool. Another possibility is for you to record a favourite song by a professional musician, and then record your own performance on a different track. By using the pitch control to slow down the tape speed, you can more easily figure out and learn how to play rapidly played phrases.
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Havergal Brian 10th Symphony rehearsal Part 3 1998
An orchestra of former Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra players, some professional and some amateur, rehearsing with Mark Fitz-Gerald. Many of these musicians took part in the 1972 Unicorn recording of Brian symphonies. Venue: Guthlaxton School, Wigston. 1998 LSSO Reunion.
ISU Chamber Choir " Luke Havergal" 20090501 3605
ISU Chamber Choir singing " Luke Havergal" written and conducted by Von Bringhurst May 1, 2009 2.52 minute selection
Havergal Brian: Symphony No.4 "Das Siegeslied" (1933/1934)
Havergal Brian (1876-1972): Sinfonia n.4 "Das Siegeslied", per soprano, coro e orchestra testo dal Salmo 68 tradotto in tedesco da Martin Luther (1933/1934) -- Felicity Palmer, soprano -- BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, Goldsmith's Choral Union, London Philharmonic Orchestra diretti da John Poole (esecuzione dal vivo: London 1974) -- I. Maestoso II. Lento III. Allegro (bewegt) ---- The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be appreciated.
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Havergal Brian: Symphony #8 in Bb Minor
I - Moderato II - Andante moderato sempre cantabile III - Allegro moderato IV - Lento e molto teneramente V - Passacaglia I VI - Passacaglia II Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Havergal Brian, Symphony no.12
Havergal Brian (1876-1972): Sinfonia n.12 (1957) - Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra diretta da Adrian Leaper
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