BBC Proms Guide to the Great Symphonies

Author: Nicholas Kenyon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571223329
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 331

Book Description
The BBC Proms Guides provide all the background and information you need about some of the most popular works in the repertory. As one of the world's leading music festivals, the BBC Proms has over the years published unrivalled and highly-praised programme notes by some of today's leading writers on music. This volume provides an accessible and authoritative guide to some of the greatest symphonies. From Haydn and Mozart to the masters of the twentieth century, including the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Sibelius, these are works which have shown their continual power to move and engage audiences, and which have remained central to our concert-going, broadcasting and record listening over generations. If you want to know more about how the great symphonies were written and what to listen out for as you encounter these remarkable pieces, this is the place to start.

BBC Proms 2014: The Official Guide

Author: BBC
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448142652
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 125

Book Description
Whether you’re a first-time visitor or an experienced Prommer, plan your summer through the 2014 BBC Proms season with the official Proms Guide. Contains: · brand-new articles on featured composers, insights on performers, new music and Proms Plus events · introduction to the season from Roger Wright, Director of the BBC Proms and Controller of BBC Radio 3 · full listings for every concert and event – repertoire, performers, time, location, ticket and broadcast information · details on how to book tickets · free season calendar to see all the concerts at a glance. With beautiful photographs and images throughout, this official Proms Guide is the most comprehensive way to plan your summer’s Proms visiting, watching and listening. The BBC Proms is the world’s biggest and longest-running classical music festival and features many of the greatest artists and orchestras from the UK and around the world in over 80 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall. There are also daily free Proms Plus talks, workshops, performances and family events.

A Concise Guide to Orchestral Music

Author: David Fligg
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1619110423
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 255

Book Description
Orchestral works are the central pillars of classical music. In A Concise Guide to Orchestral Music, 1700 to the Present Day, David Fligg evaluates this great music, and explores why so many masterpieces continue to fascinate music lovers. As well as discussing individual composers, the book places orchestral music within a historical context, providing essential reading for music students, and enthusiasts of all ages.

The Faber Pocket Guide to Bach

Author: Sir Nicholas Kenyon
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571272002
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 508

Book Description
The music of J.S.Bach has a unique power and attraction some 300 years after it was written. From annual performances of the great Passions and BBC Radio 3's hugely successful Bach Christmas, to its use in adverts, films and popular arrangements, the imaginative strength of Bach's music continues to draw listeners to explore its mysteries. This new Pocket Guide looks at all Bach's music, sacred and secular, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age about both the spiritual and the sensual in life. Among the features of this easy-to-use book: The Bach Top Ten Bach: The music work by work Performing Bach today Bach: The life year by year What people said about Bach Accessible and easy to use, Nicholas Kenyon provides for the first time an up-to-date survey of all Bach's major works in the light of the latest research, from Masses to Cantatas, Concertos to Suites, and recommends the best CDs and further reading.

The Life of Music

Author: Nicholas Kenyon
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300260601
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 387

Book Description
Nicholas Kenyon explores the enduring appeal of the classical canon at a moment when we can access all music—across time and cultures Immersed in music for much of his life as writer, broadcaster and concert presenter, former director of the BBC Proms, Nicholas Kenyon has long championed an astonishingly wide range of composers and performers. Now, as we think about culture in fresh ways, Kenyon revisits the stories that make up the classical tradition and foregrounds those which are too often overlooked. This inclusive, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic guide highlights the achievements of the women and men, amateurs and professionals, who bring music to life. Taking us from pianist Myra Hess’s performance in London during the Blitz, to John Adams’s composition of a piece for mourners after New York’s 9/11 attacks, to Italian opera singers singing from their balconies amidst the 2020 pandemic, Kenyon shows that no matter how great the crisis, music has the power to bring us together. His personal, celebratory account transforms our understanding of how classical music is made—and shows us why it is more relevant than ever.

Rodney Trudgeon's Concert Notes

Author: Rodney Trudgeon
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN: 1868429873
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 283

Book Description
Rodney Trudgeon's Concert Notes is a collection of essays on famous classical, orchestral compositions. The pieces in this collection – short reflections on well-known classical compositions – have appeared in concert programmes that have accompanied performances by the Cape Town and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestras. The author is a well-known radio host and presenter on Fine Music Radio. He is an expert on the range of musical genres that broadly fall under the category 'classical music'. The text that comprises Rodney Trudgeon's Concert Notes is structured alphabetically according to composer and gives a broad overview of the development of classical music, starting with the Baroque period and ending with modern, atonal music. Each piece is dedicated to a particular musical composition, describing its highlights, its history, and what makes it unique. Broadly, the pieces are grouped together according to the following three broad categories: ouvertures, concertos, and symphonies, mimicking the structure of concert programmes. Each entry also includes a short biography of its composer. Trudgeon's style is easy to read and accessible to all readers: from those who listen to classical music regularly to those who are unfamiliar with it. Overall, this collection is a useful and informative musical guide, making a case for listening to orchestral music.

Essential Dewey

Author: J. H. Bowman
Publisher: Facet Publishing
ISBN: 1856045196
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
In this book, John Bowman helps novice and out-of-practice classifiers to understand how to use Dewey to classify works. He outlines the content of the scheme and its structure and then, through worked examples based on real and imaginary titles, teaches readers how to use the scheme. Fully worked out answers and notes are provided. The book's contents include: introduction and background outline and description of the schedules how to classify simple subjects number-building, 1: standard subdivisions number-building, 2: other methods preference order exceptions special subjects how to cope with difficult items WebDewey. Readership: Written in an engaging and direct style and as a sister publication to the best-selling Essential Cataloguing, this text is ideal for library students, public, school and solo librarians and classifiers who are just starting to use Dewey and want some simple examples.

The Great Symphonies

Author: Janny de Jong
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description

The BBC Proms Pocket Guide to Great Symphonies

Author: Nicholas Kenyon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571216888
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 331

Book Description
Explore the masterpieces of classical music in depth with the BBC Proms Pocket Guides. Classical music is more available to all than ever. On the radio, the internet, on CDs, on television and at concerts - the great masterpieces of music can be heard in countless different performances. But where can you find out more about the music you hear? The BBC Proms Pocket Guides provide all the background and information you need about some of the most popular works in the repertory. As one of the world's leading music festivals, the BBC Proms has, over the years, published unrivalled and highly-praised programme notes by some of today's leading writers on music. This first volume in the series provides an accessible and authoritative guide to some of the greatest symphonies. From Haydn and Mozart to the masters of the twentieth century, including the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Sibelius, these are works which have shown their continual power to move and engage audiences, and which have remained central to our concert-going, broadcasting and record listening over generations. If you want to know more about how the great symphonies were written and what to listen out for as you encounter these remarkable pieces, this is the place to start.

The Gramophone

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Audio equipment industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1116

Book Description