Festival of Britain 1951
Richard Morrison explores the domestic state of music since the 1951 Festival of Britain and the founding of the Arts Council. His guests include Darren Henley and Gillian Moore.
Richard Morrison explores the domestic state of music since the 1951 Festival of Britain and the founding of the Arts Council. A major aspiration of the Festival of Britain was the setting up of festivals around the whole country and Richard asks what has happened to those local music hubs today, talking to Gillian Moore, Stephen Maddock and composers Judith Weir and James MacMillan. Conductor Martyn Brabbins talks about the move of funding away from major organisations, like English National Opera, and Richard also talks to Darren Henley, managing director of Arts Council England, about the overall distribution of music around the country.
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William Alwyn
Festival March
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius: Dispossessed aside
Orchestra: Halle. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Choir: Hall茅 Choir.- HALLE CDHLD.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)
Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.- Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir.
- Unicorn-Kanchana.
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Errollyn Wallen
Are you worried about the Rising Cost of Funerals? No.5 End of my Days
Ensemble: Manchester Collective. Singer: Ruby Hughes.- BIS.
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Havergal Brian
Festal Dance
Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- DUTTON EPOCH.
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Gustav Holst
Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets)
Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Holst - The Planets / Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra.
- Chandos.
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