This week's Sunday concert is The Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks performing Haydn's Symphony No.104 in D major, Hob.I:104 "London" live at Gasteig, Munich, on September 29th 2009, the conductor was Mariss Jansons. Enjoy :-).
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It's been a while since I posted a documentary so for this week's Sunday Playlist I've picked the excellent set of six short documentaries by Oxford University's official YouTube channel dealing with Oxford's world class choral tradition. The Oxford 'In Voice' set of documentaries is:
A six-part, six-months, behind-the-scenes web series, discovering what it takes to sing at a world-class level in Oxford's renowned choirs. (Source: EDU – YouTube).
The series as a whole gives a good overview of choral life in Oxford with each episode covering a different aspect of what goes to make up a world famous choral tradition:
I've included the playlist in two formats – there's the standard YouTube playlist which, depending on your browser settings, makes it easier to play the videos back-to-back as a series and also using the "Saturday Chorale" playlist format which presents the video as a gallery making it easier to focus on or revisit particular videos. Whichever option you choose enjoy :-).
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'Love's Goddess Sure was Blind' the ode for Queen Mary's Birthday, 1692 is Purcell's fourth birthday Ode for Queen Mary II. It's perhaps the most tender and intimate of the six birthday Odes and is scored strings and paired recorders. It starts with one of Purcell's finest symphonies which is in two sections and characterised by very rich scoring. The first part is dominated by a six-note falling scale and a melody (which we hear only once in the violins, but three times in the viola and combines typically Purcellian wistfulness with glorious harmonies. The triple-time second section appears lighter in character at first but as we listen we become aware of an underlying melancholic mood which becomes more marked as the music progresses. The symphony gives way to the Ode's text with the first lyrics of Charles Sedley's opening words being sung by the countertenor whose solo leads to one of Purcell's typically elegant string ritornelli.
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A short playlist today but you won't feel deprived as it features lovely singing by Sean Holshouser and his mother Eileen. Sean is a talented 13 year old tenor/baritone whose YouTube channel I keep a close eye on. (I've written about his singing before see: Music of The Pater Noster: The Lord’s Prayer – Albert Hay Malotte (1895 – 1964): Sean Holshouser | Saturday Chorale) and his mother is a soprano with a very pleasing voice. Last year – before his voice changed, he uploaded two videos of them singing 'What Child Is This' and 'The First Noel' they're accompanied by Sean's father. They're delightful videos of two talented singers singing well-known and greatly loved Christmas carols which I hope you'll enjoy as much as I do :-).
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