Walton "Belshazzar's Feast" - Andrew Davis conducts

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This splendid performance of Sir William Walton's most celebrated cantata was given in the spectacular surroundings of Leeds Town Hall in 1999. The BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, and the Leeds Festival Chorus with Willard White, baritone, were conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. It was the Leeds Festival Chorus who, with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Malcolm Sargent, had premiered the work in 1931, and here they are again, a few generations later!

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@DeltaRana4 Год назад

I was fortunate to be at the recording of this event in 1999. It was played through fully twice!

@danieldekok6949 5 лет назад

Wow. Just Wow. Bravo. I've been on the verge of tears/sobbing like a baby for the last ten minutes. Live would have been a foretaste of heaven.

@marcallen4532 2 года назад

I didn't sob, but I'm wiping the tears from my eyes! Just a brilliant performance.

@mozartmahler61 2 года назад

Il capolavoro di un grandissimo compositore. Per me questa è la migliore esecuzione. Grandi Williard White e Andrew Davis. E un 'bravissimo" ai cori ed ai loro Maestri preparatori... È un pezzo corale difficilissimo!!

@AdamMusicWorld 3 года назад

Shoutout to that tambourine player. Whoever he is, he rocks!

@danieldekok6949 4 месяца назад

I can't get over the crispness and precision of this chorus--and they have the right sound for this piece. Bravo to all involved!

@michaelm2441 5 лет назад

Wonderful, riveting performance ! I wish I could have been there to hear it live.

@DeltaRana4 4 года назад

I was there on the balcony with my mum and dad - it was a free performance for those who held season tickets for concerts in Leeds Town Hall that year. They played it once through then we had an intermission for refreshments, then they had another full performance followed by a few short retakes for alternative camera angles etc. Leeds Town Hall never looked as lovely - the BBC lit it beautifully. Fond memories.

@AdamMusicWorld 3 года назад

That’s amazing!

@dr.kenmahood4917 5 месяцев назад

FINALLY !!!! someone conducted this correct.....Great performance Mr. Davis.

@mrscoles100 6 месяцев назад

What a pleasure to play

@benmatson9901 Год назад

1. Thus Spake Isaiah 0:14 2. By the waters of Babylon 1:20 [7 before 1] - piu mosso [2nd of 11] 8:33 3. Babylon was a great city (solo) 10:31 [solo before 15] 4. In Babylon, Belshazzar the King made a great feast 11:31 [15] 5. Praise ye 14:20 [25] -[4th of 26] 15:00 6. Thus in Babylon, the mighty city 19:15 [41] 7. And in that same hour (solo) 22:20 [solo before 52] 8. Then sing aloud to God our strength 23:59 [54] 9. The trumpeters and pipers were silent 28:10 [65, choir solo] 10. Then sing aloud to God our strength 29:25 [67]

@huddan6137 Год назад

Wow! What a fiery performance at such an exhilarating tempo!

@zelda7239 Год назад

The music and setting is incredible. Thank you

@berlinzerberus 5 лет назад

An exquisite performance!

@marywhite4249 3 года назад

brilliant specially reading the book of daniel fromt eh bible at the same time..

@andreapandypetrapan Год назад

Much of the sensuous "creepiness" and exotic orchestral timbres of the "In that same hour" (starting 22:18) are borrowed directly from passages in the Rite of Spring. However, there's nothing wrong with a little judicious stealing, as, for instance, Picasso repeatedly exemplified. Love, andrea

@steveegallo3384 Год назад

@andypandypeterpan4062 -- Yes! BRAVI from Acapulco!

@operaFan-tn8ng 6 месяцев назад

Well they certainly did a great job of that performance. It was brilliant!

@wynpencarreg7535 Год назад

This is a great interpretation

@xoio Год назад

Marvellous! Pity this isn't in HD.

@mtom77 2 года назад

Veramente bello

@peterwimsey1 5 лет назад

in the original broadcast did they really ruin it with that musical box at the end ?

@adam28xx 5 лет назад

Yes, that's exactly how it ended, with the musical box playing "Popular Song" from Walton's "Facade" Suite.

@NothingFunnyAboutTheseCarpets 4 месяца назад

It was part of a bigger programme with some info about the piece and Walton. In that context, the music box outro makes more sense. Wouldn’t say it ruined anything though