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Bax: Symphony No. 7; Tintagel (Tone Poem).(Sound Recording Review)
Bax: Symphony No. 7; Tintagel (Tone Poem). David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Naxos 8.557145.
Englishman Arnold Bax wrote tone poems in the first half of the twentieth century. Whether he called them "symphonies" or not, they were either genuine tone poems or collections of tone poems strung together into longer symphonic works. This point is no better illustrated than by the two compositions represented on this disc, his final, Seventh Symphony, and his most-famous short piece, "Tintagel."
"Tintagel," of course, is Bax's depiction of the rocky precipice on the Cornish coast thought to have been the birthplace of the legendary King Arthur. Like the actual location, the short, symphonic tone picture is all about rugged seascapes, craggy cliffs, and splashes of ocean spray. It's a wonderfully evocative bit of music and upstages the disc's main feature, the Symphony No. 7, which tends to sound a mite ...
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- Magazine article from: World and I byrd, laura November 1, 2001 700+ words
...seaside cliff in the tiny enclave of Tintagel--the whole settlement of Lyonesse...Arthur truly lived think he was born at Tintagel. The dramatic battle of the wind and...hidden his beautiful wife on the island of Tintagel, a natural fortress with only one rocky...
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire September 12, 2005 700+ words
...Charlestown girl, his father, Arthur, a Tintagel boy. He lived there until he was four...including his sister Joyce, moved to Tintagel. He always had fond memories of Charlestown...the Jacobs, lived. Les grew up in Tintagel, going to the local primary school and...
- Tintagel: Arthur and Archeology.
- Magazine article from: The English Historical Review Blair, John April 1, 1996 700+ words
The main obstacle to understanding Tintagel is that it has spawned so many theories from so many people. In Tintagel. Arthur and Archaeology (London...Charles Thomas lets the 'real' Tintagel emerge from the story of its spurious...
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 21, 2003 700+ words
...NOEL HARRIS has been engaged to ride Tintagel in tomorrow's Counties Cup following...second buyer has entered the scene and Tintagel will undergo a second set of veterinary...the Counties Cup, is satisfied that Tintagel is ready to justify his heavy support...
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 9, 2006 700+ words
...was indeed born in Wrington, like John Locke, although probably it was Guinevere who burned the cakes. There are people in Tintagel, of course, who'd prefer to hush the whole thing up. Richard Thorn Church warden All Saints' Church Wrington
- Bax: Symphonies, all; Tintagel; Rogues Comedy Overture.(Guide to Records)
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Hecht May 1, 2004 700+ words
BAX: Symphonies, all; Tintagel; Rogues Comedy Overture BBC Philharmonic/ Vernon Handley Chandos 10122 [5CD] 353 minutes Vernon Handley has long been considered...
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- Newspaper article from: BioWorld International January 1, 2003 700+ words
Maybridge Chemical Holdings plc, of Tintagel, UK, was acquired by the U.S. research equipment and services company, Fisher Scientific Inc., of Hampton, N.H. Maybridge...
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire September 17, 2005 700+ words
...a view of repairs being undertaken on the harbour wall in Boscastle. The other is thought to be a scene in the vicinity of Tintagel as it shows a ruined building on rocks. Leyman was born in Summerland Street, Exeter to John Francis Leyman, a merchant...
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- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Radcliffe March 1, 2005 700+ words
...BAX: Fanfare for a Cheerful Orchestra; Mater Ora Filium; Tintagel; Mediterranean; Overture to a Picaresque Comedy; Morning...and occasional pieces, though it does include the important Tintagel recorded by Eugene Goossens with the New Symphony in 1928...
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