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‘Thelma’, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s only full-length opera, performed at last
Jonathan Butcher writes: Up until 1900 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (born in 1875) had had little to do with composing for the theatre. His main body of work was choral and orchestral and, of course, his most famous opus, and the one that catapulted him to fame, was his major oratorio, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. His involvement with the theatre, though Herbert Beerbohm Tree, with all its colourful characters, magic and intrigue, may well have been the very spark Coleridge-Taylor needed to spur him on to write his only full length opera. Continue reading
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Tagged 'traditional' costumes, Avril (originally Gwendolen) Coleridge-Taylor, British Library, Carl Rosa Opera Company, Catherine Carr, Fairfield Halls, Gilbert and Sullivan, Hiawatha, Jessie Walmisley, Jonathan Butcher, Longfellow, performance, Royal Albert Hall, Surrey Opera, The Amulet ('Thelma'), Thelma (opera)
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Andrew Tait writes: I would like to bring to your attention some concert details for your list of events in this special year. Andrew Tait and Friends Saturday 28th Jan 2012
‘Hiawatha’ at the Liverpool Philharmonic, 19 November 2011 (Culture Pod Visit)
Richard Gordon-Smith writes: Event 1 of the Curious Minds ‘Culture Pod’* A visit led, and here reported, by composer Richard Gordon-Smith, to hear the RLPO perform Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. The first Pod’s outing on our odyssey through the culture of creativity began at a restaurant, followed … Continue reading
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Tagged 'traditional' costumes, Cole Porter, David Hill, Gilbert and Sullivan, Hiawatha, HOPES: The Hope Street Association, HOTFOOT concerts, Liverpool, Longfellow, Martin Anthony ('Tony') Burrage, performance, Richard Gordon-Smith, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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Toby Lyles writes: The music of composer William Grant Still was featured on the “Saturday Night at the Opera playlist of 01/21/2012” of Columbia University’s WKCR-FM. Still admired and was influenced by the works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Coleridge-Taylor’s ‘Christmas Overture’
Looking for five minutes of orchestral Christmas music which includes all the old favourite carols? Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Christmas Overture is probably just the ticket. Amongst the easily recognisable Christmas carol themes encompassed in the Overture are God rest you merry gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas and Hark … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Noyes, centenary, Christmas carols, Christmas Overture, orchestral, performance, planning, repertoire, scheduling, Sydney Baynes, The Forest of Wild Thyme
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On July 28th 2012 the Cumbria Choral Initiative is to perform the entire Song of Hiawatha as the opening concert for the Lake District Summer Music Festival in the Coronation Hall in Ulverston, Cumbria. We are excited about this project, … Continue reading
Bringing Coleridge-Taylor’s scores to performance by ‘time-share’
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was, and remains, Britain’s greatest Black classical music composer. He died however aged only 37, and until this last year there has been no formally constituted organisation to celebrate his legacy and take forward his reputation. This … Continue reading
Coleridge-Taylor conducts his work in Liverpool (19 October 1908)
We have here photographs from an original published programme covering three concerts in the Fifth Season of the ‘Liverpool Symphony Orchestra Ltd’. The second of these was a concert in the Sun Hall, Kensington, on Monday, 19 October 1908 commencing at 8 pm, the latter half of which was works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, conducted by the composer himself. Continue reading
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