The Choir Project al día [31-VIII-2013]

Music and Monarchy: 4. Re-Inventions.
BBC again -and forever.

  Really amazing BBC documentary presented by David Starkey, focused on music and English and political use of the hand of the monarchy.
As usual with BBC programs, the quality of the content is outstanding, and the music used, in fantástic performances by some of the more specialized English ensembles, is one of the best never composed.

  The fourth and last episode is dedicated to composers of the nineteenth and twentieth: Gustave Holst, Felix Mendelssohn, Arthur Sullivan, Charles Standford, Walter Parrat, George Clement Martin, Hubert Parry, Edward ElgarWilliam Walton & Ralph Vaughan Williams.
 
 Enjoy it!

 

• Part II.
• Part III.
• Part IV.

The Choir Project al día [24-VIII-2013]

Music and Monarchy: 3. Great British Music.
BBC again -and forever.

  Really amazing BBC documentary presented by David Starkey, focused on music and English and political use of the hand of the monarchy.
As usual with BBC Could programs, the quality of the content is outstanding, and the music used, in fantástic performances by some of the more specialized English ensembles, is one of the best never composed.

  The third episode is dedicated to late baroque masters: Thomas Arne, William Croft, but above all, to the huge figure of Georg Friedrich Händel.
Enjoy it!

• Part II.
• Part III.
• Part IV.

The Choir Project al día [18-VIII-2013]

Music and Monarchy: Revolutions.
BBC again -and forever.

  Really amazing BBC documentary presented by David Starkey, focused on music and English and political use of the hand of the monarchy.
As usual with BBC Could programs, the quality of the content is outstanding, and the music used, in fantástic performances by some of the more specialized English ensembles, is one of the best never composed.
 
  This second episode is dedicated to early and medieum baroque masters: Orlando Gibbons, William Lawes, Thomas Tomkins and especially Henry Purcell. Great music and fantastic performances.
Enjoy it!

The Choir Project al día [13-VIII-2013]

Music and Monarchy: Crown and Choir.
BBC again -and forever.

  Really amazing BBC documentary presented by David Starkey, focused on music and English and political use of the hand of the monarchy.
As usual with BBC Could programs, the quality of the content is outstanding, and the music used, in fantástic performances by some of the more specialized English ensembles, is one of the best never composed.
This first episode is dedicated to late medieval and Renaissance polyphony, for me the golden age of English music.

Enjoy it!