Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

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Published 2020-10-08
Ralph Vaughan Williams's first symphony 'A Sea Symphony' was written over several years in the 1900s and was first performed at the Leeds Festival in 1910, on the composer's 38th birthday. Bernard Haitink conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus with soprano Felicity Lott and Jonathan Summers. It's an EMI recording from 1989 CDC 7 49911 2
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  • @marthaibarra3829
    Precious precious Colin this theme congratulations for photography in this video tanks to magister Sr Ralph Vaughan Williams and his memory
  • @franklake9308
    Colin, Thank you for posting such a wonderful recording. This symphony is one of my favourite pieces ever since hearing Sir Adrian Bolt’s mono LP back in the ‘60s. This recording is one of the best electronic recordings imho. However to hear it live especially the energy of the first movement even from a local orchestra and local choir has to be experienced at least once. Thank you again - it brought tears to my eyes. Frank
  • @david.carlton303
    Wonderful to see this back after missing it for a while. I just listened to "On the beach at night, alone" with your curated images. I love how you move from the nocturnal seascapes to the women and to the Hubble telescope images of the cosmos; they capture both the deep humanism and the pantheistic mysticism of both Whitman's poetry and RVW's setting.
  • @charlespeterson4438
    So wonderful to have you back with new musical offerings. RVW with your superb pictorial montages. What joy!
  • @housingwiz
    One of my favorite symphonies. Thank you for posting.
  • @jorgesavarino7430
    Soy admirador de Ralph V.Williams. Admiro toda su obra.Creo que su país es realmente " Shopshire Lad"Gracias.From Argentina Jorge
  • @MichaelVanderosen
    Sir Adrian Boult and Bernard Haitink are my favourite recordings! Thanks Colin for your always inspired choice of artworks to illustrate these stunning performances... P.S. actually I tend to prefer the two soloists from the Sir Adrian Boult version...
  • @isabeldieguez5214
    Es muy imponente ! Y si vemos las Sirenas de Gliere o elMar de Frank Bridge escrita en 1911? Cuanto le agradezco lo intente !la tenia grabada y no se como se borro !!
  • @Utoobtime27
    Thanks Colin. In a related much later work by RVW he uses the same basis of the first movement first subject ("And on it's heaving breast") as the basis of the theme of these variations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmAQiTGeuHI --the theme also directly related to that of the flugel horn in the second movement of the Ninth Symphony - thus the Variations constitute a bridge returning us cyclically from the NINTH back to the SEA SYMPHONY. Enjoy - especially the utterly remarkable Variation IX Adagio.
  • @user-yn1qk4df3d
    콜린 난 당신을 매우 존경 합니다 한국입니다 ...