Two of my favorite operas, Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges and Janáček's Cunning Little Vixen, are set in the animal world and the music is amazingly mystical and magical. I was trying to think of other operas that deal with animals that capture that same sort of mystical musical quality. I couldn't think of any others in the standard repertory, but maybe I am missing some obvious ones? Probably there are operas by unsung composers that I am not familiar with! Can anybody think of any?
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Composers & Music / Operas that take place in the magical world of animals
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Composers & Music / Delius and Bax chamber music this weekend in Virginia
Monday 04 February 2013, 16:46
I posted the following on a Delius discussion board, but I know there are a few folks into Delius on this board as well!
I am excited about this chamber music concert coming up on Sunday. I have been pestering the founders of the IBIS Chamber Music Society for some time now to program some Delius and I finally wore them down! Thanks to help from various Delians, I was able to put the IBIS folks in touch with the Delius Trust and they were awarded a grant for the concert.
The concerts that IBIS puts on at the Rock Spring Congregational Church are free (donations accepted) and well-attended, so I would advise getting there at least 15 minutes early to get a good seat as the church is not that big.
The IBIS audience is very receptive to hearing to lesser-known composers, so I am hopeful that there will be people who discover Delius for the first time and become enchanted the way I did when I first heard his music.
Let me know if you think you can make it to the concert. I'd love to meet any Delians in the Northern Virginia/Washington, D.C. area! If I can find my Delius Society button (I am still unpacking from a recent move!), I will wear it!
Music from the United Kingdom for harp and strings
Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 4 pm
Rock Spring Congregational Church
5010 Little Falls Road, Arlington VA
PROGRAM
Arnold Bax: Quintet for Harp and String Quartet
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Variants on Dives and Lazarus for Harp and Strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves for Flute, Harp and Strings
Frederick Delius: The Walk to Paradise Garden (original arrangement by Joseph Scheer)
Frederick Delius: String Quartet
http://www.ibischambermusic.org/schedule
I am excited about this chamber music concert coming up on Sunday. I have been pestering the founders of the IBIS Chamber Music Society for some time now to program some Delius and I finally wore them down! Thanks to help from various Delians, I was able to put the IBIS folks in touch with the Delius Trust and they were awarded a grant for the concert.
The concerts that IBIS puts on at the Rock Spring Congregational Church are free (donations accepted) and well-attended, so I would advise getting there at least 15 minutes early to get a good seat as the church is not that big.
The IBIS audience is very receptive to hearing to lesser-known composers, so I am hopeful that there will be people who discover Delius for the first time and become enchanted the way I did when I first heard his music.
Let me know if you think you can make it to the concert. I'd love to meet any Delians in the Northern Virginia/Washington, D.C. area! If I can find my Delius Society button (I am still unpacking from a recent move!), I will wear it!
Music from the United Kingdom for harp and strings
Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 4 pm
Rock Spring Congregational Church
5010 Little Falls Road, Arlington VA
PROGRAM
Arnold Bax: Quintet for Harp and String Quartet
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Variants on Dives and Lazarus for Harp and Strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves for Flute, Harp and Strings
Frederick Delius: The Walk to Paradise Garden (original arrangement by Joseph Scheer)
Frederick Delius: String Quartet
http://www.ibischambermusic.org/schedule
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