Elegy and Tribute

Esprit de Corps was originally commissioned by the United States Marine Band of Washington D.C. Col. John R. Bourgeois conductor. Based upon “The Marine's Hymn ” Esprit de Corps is a kind offantasy-march that serves as a tribute to the Marine Corps as well as to the Marine Band.Composed immediately after the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut Lebanon the composer chose to forego an elegy-typetribute in favor of a work that reflects the positive spirit of the Corps full of energy and dynamism. Even the tempo marking “Tempo di Bourgeois ” reflects the dramatic and spirited conducting of Col. John R.Bourgeois who was conductor of the Marine Band at the time of composing.

Par HOLST GUSTAV. Holst's Symphony in F: The Cotswold Op.8 (H.47) was composed in 1899 and 1900 and given what was in all probability its only performance in 1902 by the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra conducted by Dan Godfrey (this was the first professional performance of any of Holst's orchestral works). The manuscript of the symphony is in the British Library. The music is uneven, and only in the second movement, 'Elegy', was Holst equal to his ambition: his feelings for Williams Moris, whom he heard lecture, and in whose London house he rehearsed the Hammersmith Socialist Choir, inspired a heartfelt tribute. Morris died in 1896 - he lived at Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire, on the edge of the Cotswolds, from 1871 until his death./ Répertoire / Conducteur

Tombeau which takes its title from the central elegy of the work was composed 1966-69. Its form is a series of fairly specific technical studies interspersed with variations. The introduction provides a sortof ‘trailer’ in which each phrase of the theme is punctuated by a brief quote from the ensuing studies (heard in reverse order). This scheme is balanced by that of the finale which is also punctuated by short ‘flashbacks’.Tombeau was written as a tribute to certain composers for the piano notably Schumann and Szymanovsky and to a style of playing that has now become almost ‘historic’. It is also a tribute to our beloved masters many of themobscure who made us musicians. It is therefore in many senses a retrospective work the last of a phase undertaken just before a fairly drastic re-evaluation of techniques ideas and intentions. It is dedicated to StephenKovacevich who commissioned it and gave its first performance on the BBC Third Programme and subsequently at Dartington Hall Summer School.

An Extinction Elegy. Par TIN CHRISTOPHER. The Lost Birds is a musical memorial to bird species driven to extinction by humankind. Sweeping and elegaic, it's a haunting tribute to those soaring flocks that once filled our skies, but whose songs have since been silenced. It's a celebration of their feathered beauty: their symbolism as messengers of hope, peace, and renewal. But it's also a warning about our own tenuous existence on the planet: that the fate that befell those once soaring flocks foreshadows our own extinction. / Niveau : moyen - avancé / Date parution : 2024-02-16/ Répertoire / Ch?ur Mixte et Piano

Song cycle for medium voice and piano, based upon the poetry of Ivor Gurney and Leonard Clark. A set of pieces very much in the English lyrical vocal writing tradition of Butterworth, Ireland and, of course, Gurney. ' The Pine Boughs Past Music is a song cycle baseed upon poetry associated with Gloucester and was commissioned to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the Gloucester Music Society. Having purposefully sought inspiration from a wide array of Gloucester poets, from Henley to Harvey, I finally found inspiration in the poetry of Ivor Gurney, whose work is so saturated with the Gloucestershire landscape. In his poetry I discovered the essential element I needed to bind the cycle together: the eternal backdrop of nature upon which the poet's thoughts are played out. It would have been quite easy to conclude the set with another poem by Ivor Gurney. However, it was to and nbsp - Leonard Clark I turned. The title of his summative poem speaks for itself, 'In Memoriam: Ivor Gurney': a haunting elegy that pays tribute to Gurney's everlasting memory.' and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - and nbsp - - Ian Venables First performed on April 15th 2010, at St Mary-de-Lode, Gloucester, performed by Roderick Williams (Baritone) and Andrew West (Pianist). Commissioned by Christine Talbot-Cooper to celebrate the Gloucester Music Society's eightieth anniversary. / Mélodie/Vocal/Piano (MVP)