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Richard Addinsell was born in Woburn Square, London, to William Arthur Addinsell, who was a chartered accountant, and his wife, Annie Beatrice Richards. The younger of two brothers, Addinsell was educated at home before attending Hertford College, Oxford, to study Law but went down after just 18 months. He then became interested in music.
Richard Addinsell. Soundtrack: My Week with Marilyn. English composer Richard Addinsell was born in 1904. After finishing his law studies at Oxford, he took a short course in music at the Royal College of Music in London and studied from 1929 to 1932 in Berlin and Vienna.
Richard Addinsell - The Warsaw Concerto I JP Ekins - Piano I Stephen Ellery - ConductorJohn Paul Ekins performs Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto w...
Directed by: Brian Desmond Hirst. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Sally Gray, Cecil Parker. During the Nazi invasion of Poland, an American reporter meets a Polish airman and piano virtuoso. When he finally escapes to New York they meet again and marry but the thought of him going back to fight is not only personally terrifying to his new wife but seems ...
Aug 30, 2009 · Live performance of Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell. The soloist was Chris Hill with the West Forest Sinfonia, conducted by Stephen Armstrong. Recorded ...
Warsaw Concerto. The Warsaw Concerto is a short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell, written for the 1941 British film Dangerous Moonlight, which is about the Polish struggle against the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany. In performance it normally lasts just under ten minutes. The concerto is an example of programme music ...
Feb 2, 2022 · Richard Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto is an incredible display of the composer’s grasp of Romantic techniques. From the lavish textures and timbres, to the memorable melodic writing, this ‘tabloid concerto’ is full of drama, emotion and intensity – one not to be missed.
