{"id":2033,"date":"2014-11-02T21:31:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T21:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2014-11-02T21:34:49","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T21:34:49","slug":"bpo-elgar-and-parry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=2033","title":{"rendered":"BPO: Elgar and Parry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/elgar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2036 alignright\" alt=\"elgar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/elgar.jpg\" width=\"221\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The Dome, Brighton, 2 November 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Brighton Festival Chorus<\/span> joined the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra<\/span> for an afternoon of indulgence, with works by Parry, Elgar and Strauss. If the opening Schubert \u2013 the <i>Marche Militaire \u2013 <\/i>seemed slightly at odds with the rest of the programme, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Barry Wordsworth<\/span> informed us that, in this 90<sup>th<\/sup> season, they were playing the very first work heard by the orchestra. Its brief briskness proved an apt opening to an afternoon full of romantic delights.<\/p>\n<p>Parry is at his best in choral settings and there are few choral masterpieces to set beside <i>I was glad. <\/i>\u00a0Written for the coronation of Edward VII, it has been heard at every coronation since and is certainly worth a regular hearing. The Festival Chorus rose to the occasion with aplomb and the orchestra brought the dramatic intensity, with brass blazing and organ firing on all cylinders, which the work requires.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Daniel was the soloist in Strauss\u2019 Oboe Concerto which formed a more relaxed interlude between the heroic impact of the Parry. The soloist bought a delicate warmth to his playing and Barry Wordsworth etched a sensitive accompaniment. The gentle return in the final movement after the cadenza was particularly effective.<\/p>\n<p>Parry\u2019s <i>Blessed Pair of Sirens<\/i> opened the second half with a glorious outpouring of melody and finely balanced orchestral playing.<\/p>\n<p>Elgar\u2019s <i>Enigma Variations<\/i> may be familiar but they are always welcome, particularly in the company of the Parry which set such a fine context for them. Barry Wordsworth takes a direct, unsentimental approach to the whole, allowing the individual variations to build effortlessly to the climax of <i>E.D.U<\/i> which unfolded with skill and nobility.<\/p>\n<p>The next concert on 7 December also brings us a set of English works. We are doing well this season for home grown composers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Dome, Brighton, 2 November 2014 Brighton Festival Chorus joined the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra for an afternoon of indulgence, with works by Parry, Elgar and Strauss. If the opening Schubert \u2013 the Marche Militaire \u2013 seemed slightly at odds with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=2033\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2038,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033\/revisions\/2038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}