Julius Benedict

[giles.enders]

Julius Benedict.
As part of the largest Benedict festival for over 60 years the BBC will be broadcast a choral evensong which will feature choruses and arial from Benedict's cantata 'The Legend of St Cecilia sung by the Choir of St Martin-in the-Fields . Broadcast on Sunday 19 July.

[giles.enders]

Julius Benedict

There is the largest festival of Benedict's music for over 60 years which is to to be held on 19th-24th July this will include his rarely heard second piano concerto. The music director is Adrian Bradbury.

There is a website for the festival which gives full details 'Music in the Burnham'

[eschiss1]

Is this the link?

Edit: his string quartet in C minor, Op.87 (no.2? The string quartet Op.87 I'm aware of is in G minor!) is being performed on 20 July. I hope a recording will ensue- just as I hope someone, maybe the Free Library of Philadelphia, will upload the parts of the work to IMSLP sometime...)

[Ilja]

In order to curtail the risk of two separate Julius Benedict-related discussions independently from one another, and since it's basically event/recording-based, I've merged both topics here.

[pcc]

I've been invited to the Festival to give 4 talks on Benedict and his works, as well as perform several pieces as solos and accompaniments. I expect most of the concerts will be recorded.

I've also started work on a biography. Benedict was a fascinating figure in British and European music, was friends with many composers, some of whom he materially helped (Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Chopin,Schumann,  Spohr, Sullivan, and others), a keen observer of and participant in every aspect of British musical life (he was probably the busiest musician in London and through much of the country), was far and away the wealthiest composer in British history up to his time, and a man of deep human feeling. This Festival is quite a step up for recognizing him.