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Belshazzar's Feast is a cantata by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the Leeds Festival on 8 October 1931, with the baritone Dennis Noble, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Leeds Festival Chorus, conducted by Malcolm Sargent. The work has remained one of Walton's most celebrated compositions.
The Symphony No. 1 in B ♭ minor is one of two symphonies by the English composer William Walton. The composer had difficulty in completing the work, and its first public performance was given without the finale, in 1934. The complete four-movement work was premiered the following year.
Sir William Walton (1902–83) Belshazzar’s Feast (1930–31, rev 1931, 1948, 1957) of the exiled Israelites; the second represents the feast itself, vividly depicting the pagan excesses of Babylon; while the third is an ecstatic Hymn of Praise to the God of Jacob, after the death of Belshazzar and the downfall of Babylon.
Jul 8, 2022 · Here come more digital premieres from the vast archive Simon Rattle with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: the two most famous pieces of William Walton (the first symphony and the striking cantata Belshazzar’s Feast, featuring Thomas Hampson).
This is a winning coupling, with Walton’s two searing masterpieces from the 1930s given electrifying performances…Rattle with players he knows so well combines expressive freedom with knife-edged precision of ensemble [Symphony No.1] and it is the same in Belshazzar’s Feast.
Walton’s Symphony No 1 and Belshazzar’s Feast, which were written consecutively, helped him consolidate his reputation as the most exciting British composer of his generation. Belshazzar’s Feast, a superbly crafted oratorio, vividly depicts the story of Babylon’s excesses and subsequent downfall, brilliantly coloured by the orchestral ...
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Oct 12, 2010 · William Walton: Symphony No. 1; Belshazzar's Feast by Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra released in 2010. Find...
