John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor whose music is rooted in minimalism. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music,he is particularly noted for his operas,which are often centered around recent historical events. Apart from opera,his oeuvre includes orchestral,concertante,vocal,choral,chamber,electroacoustic and piano music.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is a music organisation based in Liverpool,England,that manages a professional symphony orchestra,a concert venue,and extensive programmes of learning through music. Its orchestra,the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,is the UK's oldest continuing professional symphony orchestra. In addition to the orchestra,the organisation administers the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir,the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company and other choirs and ensembles. It is involved in educational and community projects in Liverpool and its surrounding region. It is based in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall,an Art Deco concert hall built in the late 1930s.
The Symphony No. 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler is a symphony in four movements,composed in 1903 and 1904,with revisions from 1906. It is sometimes nicknamed the Tragic ("Tragische"),though the origin of the name is unclear.
The Symphony No. 9 by Gustav Mahler was written between 1908 and 1909,and was the last symphony that he completed. A typical performance takes about 75 to 90 minutes. A survey of conductors voted Mahler's Symphony No. 9 the fourth greatest symphony of all time in a ballot conducted by BBC Music Magazine in 2016. As in the case of his earlier Das Lied von der Erde,Mahler did not live to see his Symphony No. 9 performed.
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa,,is a New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice,which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant,warm,ample and unforced". On 1 December 1971 she was recognised internationally when she appeared as the Countess in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House in London.
Peter Racine Fricker was an English composer,among the first to establish his career entirely after the Second World War. He lived in the US for the last thirty years of his life. Fricker wrote over 160 works in all the main genres excepting opera. He was a descendant of the French playwright Racine.
The Liverpool Institute High School for Boys was an all-boys grammar school in the English port city of Liverpool.
Carl Davis was an American-born British conductor and composer. He wrote music for more than 100 television programmes (notably the landmark ITV series World At War and BBC's Pride and Prejudice,created new scores for concert and cinema performances of vintage silent movies and composed many film,ballet and concert scores that were performed worldwide,including the Liverpool Oratorio in 1991. Davis's publisher was Faber Music.
Sir Julius Benedict was a German-born composer and conductor,resident in England for most of his career.
Ralph Vaughan Williams dedicated his Symphony No. 4 in F minor to Arnold Bax.
Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2,Sz. 112,BB 117 was written in 1937–38. During the composer's life,it was known simply as his Violin Concerto. His other violin concerto,Violin Concerto No. 1,Sz. 36,BB 48a,was written in the years 1907–1908,but only published in 1956,after the composer's death,as "Violin Concerto No. 1,Op. posth."
Graham John Bickley is an English actor and singer. He is best known for playing the role of Joey Boswell in Bread from 1989 until 1991,taking over from Peter Howitt,who played him from 1986 until 1989.
Standing Stone is Paul McCartney's second full-length release of original classical music,although he defined it as orchestral music. It was issued shortly after the release of Flaming Pie. The world premiere performance was held at The Royal Albert Hall on 14 October 1997.
Jerry Hadley was an American operatic tenor. He received three Grammy awards for his vocal performances in the recordings of Jenůfa,Susannah,and Candide. Hadley was a leading American tenor for nearly two decades. He was mentored by soprano Joan Sutherland and her husband,conductor Richard Bonynge. Leonard Bernstein chose Hadley for his 1989 recording of Candide on Deutsche Grammophon. Aside from singing opera and operetta,Hadley also sang on Broadway.
Andante festivo,JS 34a–b,is a single-movement chamber work for two violins,viola,and cello written in 1922 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. In 1938,the composer arranged the piece for string orchestra and timpani. On 1 January 1939,Sibelius conducted this version of Andante festivo during a live,worldwide broadcast,making it the only sound document of him interpreting his own music.
"The Back Seat of My Car" is a song written by Paul McCartney,released as the closing track of his and his wife Linda's 1971 album,Ram. Several months later,it was released as a single in the UK,peaking at number 39. The song modulates stylistically between a sweeping piano-and-orchestra ballad similar to McCartney's "The Long and Winding Road" and upbeat rock sections before ending in a raucous and passionate finale.
Henry Kimball Hadley was an American composer and conductor.
The Liverpool Summer Pops is a summer music event in Liverpool. Now being branded as "Liverpool Summer Pops Festival",the event features performances by bands and artists in one venue over consecutive nights,as well as some events in other 'fringe' venues.
The Beatles Concerto is an instrumental musical medley of tunes from songs by The Beatles for two pianos and orchestra,arranged and composed by John Rutter within a classical "Piano Concerto Form".
The Symphony No. 9 by Alfred Schnittke was written two years before his death in 1998. As a result of paralysis following a series of strokes,the manuscript was barely readable,and a performing edition was made by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Schnittke was dissatisfied with Rozhdestvensky's edition,and following his death his widow Irina Schnittke sought to have a reconstruction made that was more faithful to the manuscript. Nikolai Korndorf was first engaged to perform the task,and following his early death the manuscript was passed to Alexander Raskatov. Raskatov not only reconstructed Schnittke's Ninth but also wrote his own composition:Nunc dimittis –In memoriam Alfred Schnittke,which was performed after the symphony in the premiere recording conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.
