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Elin Manahan Thomas - All Things Bright And Beautiful

BBC Songs of Praise Wales special 21 September 2008. Elin is accompanied by Serendipity and Only Men Aloud! Viewed from points west of the Severn Bridge, Elin Manahan Thomas is known to classical music fans as a Bach soprano. In her Welsh homeland, she's simply Soprano bach. The title's mix of English and Welsh says a great deal with just two words. It pays affectionate tribute to the 'little soprano' while recognising her passion for one of the towering giants of western classical...

Posted 02 December 2008 03:21 PM by charlotte | with no comments

Filed under: bbc, only men aloud, serendipity, songs of praise wales, purcell girl, elin manahan thomas, handel, bach soprano, all things bright and beautiful, western classical music, bach

Paul Potts and Lesley Garrett - Silent Night

Paul Potts and Lesley Garrett sing Silent Night on the BBC1 show Christmas Voices. Lesley's most recent albums are 'Travelling Light', 'The Singer', and 'So Deep is the Night' and she also a featured artist on the platinum selling 'Perfect Day' single released by the BBC in aid of Children in Need. Paul Robert Potts (born 13 October 1970, Bristol, England) is a British tenor who in 2007 became the winner of the first series of ITV’s Britain's Got Talent , singing...

Posted 10 November 2008 02:49 PM by charlotte | with no comments

Filed under: bbc, lesley garrett, paul potts, itv's Britain's got talent, bristol, turandot, silent night, so deep is the night, aria, operatic, christmas voices, nessun dorma, children in need, perfect day, travelling night

Adagio for Strings, op.11

This was played shortly after 9/11, broadcast on BBC America. "Adagio for Strings" is a work for string orchestra, arranged by the American composer Samuel Barber from his first string quartet. It is by far Barber's most popular piece. Barber's "Adagio for Strings" originated as the second movement in his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11, composed in 1936. In the original it follows a violently contrasting first movement, and is succeeded by a brief reprise of this music.

Posted 05 November 2008 04:26 PM by charlotte | with no comments

Filed under: Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings, bbc, september 11th, op.11, 1936, bbc america, american composer, second movement, string orchestra, string quartet, 9/11

Nigel Kennedy - Elgar Violin Concerto Part 1 BBC Proms 2008

Maverick violinist Nigel Kennedy returns to the Proms - after an absence of 21 years - for Elgar's Violin Concerto, the work that first put him on the musical map following his now-classic recording. Paul Daniel conducts this programme of British music. The Garden of Fand by Bax mines deep seams of late-Romanticism. For nearly twenty years, Kennedy has been acknowledged as one of the world’s leading violin virtuosos whose unique talent has brought fresh perspectives and a quantum energy to both...

Posted 22 September 2008 10:15 AM by charlotte | with no comments

Filed under: paul daniels, proms 2008, nigel kennedy, elgar violin concerto, bbc

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