Hoffnung Music Festivals 1956, 1958 & 1961.
| Author/creator | Hoffnung, Gerard composer, arranger of music, speaker. |
| Format | Audio (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | [Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2005] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Access restricted to subscribers |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Happy Wanderers (Musical group), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hoffnung Choral Society, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Royal Military School of Music. Band, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Royal Military School of Music. Trumpeters, performer. |
| Contents | Part 2. The Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival ( Royal Festival Hall, 21st and 22nd November, 1958). Introductory Music played in the Foyer -- Two excerpts from a Hoffnung Festival Overture -- Metamorphosis on a Bed-time Theme -- Sugar Plums -- The famous Tay Whale -- A movement from Concerto for Conductor and Orchestra -- Punkt Contrapunkt -- Excerpts from the United Nations -- Waltz for restricted Orchestra -- Let's fake an Opera (Or the Tales of Hoffnung). |
| Contents | Part 3. The Hoffnung Astronautical Music Festival (Royal Festival Hall, 28th November, 1961). Introductory Music played in the Foyer -- Festival Anthem -- Overture, Leonora No. 4 (Beethoven) -- Duet from the Comic Opera "The Barber from Darmstadt" -- Ballad of County Down -- Excerpts from "Belshazzar's Feast" -- Horrortorio -- Mobile for seven Orchestras. |
| Contents | Part I. The Hoffnung Music festival Concert (Royal Festival Hall, 13 November 1956). Speech by Mr. T.E. Bean -- Fanfare -- A Grand Grand Overture -- Concerto for Horse Pipe and Strings (Leopold Mozart) -- Concerto Popolare (A Piano Concert to end all Piano Concertos) -- Symphony No. 94 'The Surprise' (Haydn) -- Speech by Gerard Hoffnung -- Mazurka no. 47, op. 68 No.2 (Chopin) -- Lochinvar -- Variations on Annie Laurie -- Themes & Variations. |
| General note | Concerts of musical satire presented by Gerard Hoffnung. |
| General note | Previously released as a compact disc. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012). |
| Performer | The Hoffnung (alias Morley College) Symphony Orchestra ; The Hoffnung Festival Opera Company and Chorus ; The Hoffnung Choral Society ; The Morley String Orchestra ; The Festival Ensemble ; The Dolmetsch Ensemble ; Tuba Quartet ; The Happy Wanderers ; The Trumpeters, and the Fife and Drum Band of the Royal Military School of Music. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded live at the Hoffnung Music Festival: Royal Festival Hall, 13 November 1956 ; Royal Festival Hall, 21st and 22nd November, 1958 ; Royal Festival Hall, 28th November, 1961. |
| Genre/form | Live sound recordings. |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |