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Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Paul Lovatt-Cooper
The Final Voyage was commissioned by Carole Crompton on behalf of Bolsover District Council. Section: 3+
This concert finale is a dramatic piece of program music to mark the 100th anniversary of the final fateful journey of HMS Hampshire on 5 June 1916.
All but 12 of its 737 crew-members lost their lives on that fateful journey. Among the casualties were Derbyshire hero, 1st Class Stoker Thomas Henry Redfern and Britain's Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener. Among the small number of 12 survivors was Royal Naval Seaman Richard Simpson.
Simpson and Redfern, were part of the Hampshire’s crew who set sail that day on a special mission during World War One. The mission was to take Britain's Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener to Russia for a special meeting with the Tzar and his Generals. On 5 June 1916 HMS Hampshire left the English port to never return.
Composed in several connecting movements, this piece of programmatic music paints a musical picture of its final journey beginning in port:
Opening with a lower brass fanfare, the magnificent HMS Hampshire is unveiled, moored in port as the crew and guests board. Followed by a short slow reflective section to represent the final farewells to those left onshore, the fanfares then take us into the open waters as the ship sets sail in heroic fashion. The next movement sees the Hampshire crashing majestically through the waves as it begins its journey.
However, the weather starts to deteriorate and conditions became increasingly difficult. The music here builds as you hear running triplet motifs representing the waves crashing against the hull. The conditions worsen, panic starts to ensue and as the crew battle with the horrendous elements just off Marwick Head, Orkney the ship hits a mine. With a big explosion from the percussion the hull of the ship is ripped apart.
The ship now engulfed by flames and water sinks into the stormy waters represented by three heavy lower brass chords. Blind panic from the crew represented by discordant rhythmic flourishes from the cornets and horns ensues. This frantic music, as they try desperately to escape the sinking vessel accompanies 12 fanfare voices from various instruments – representing the 12 lone survivors as they escape and swim to dry land.
This penultimate section fades and lowers as the ship and crew sink to the bottom. A lone cornet line is played - reflecting on the loss of life. This is then followed by the final section: a buildup of minor chords in dramatic fashion representing the devastating loss of life to conclude this tragic story.
This piece celebrates the lives of those who were lost and reflects on the tragedy suffered by the serving crew men and their families.
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Paul Lovatt-Cooper
The Final Voyage was commissioned by Carole Crompton on behalf of Bolsover District Council. Section: 3+
This concert finale is a dramatic piece of program music to mark the 100th anniversary of the final fateful journey of HMS Hampshire on 5 June 1916.
All but 12 of its 737 crew-members lost their lives on that fateful journey. Among the casualties were Derbyshire hero, 1st Class Stoker Thomas Henry Redfern and Britain's Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener. Among the small number of 12 survivors was Royal Naval Seaman Richard Simpson.
Simpson and Redfern, were part of the Hampshire’s crew who set sail that day on a special mission during World War One. The mission was to take Britain's Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener to Russia for a special meeting with the Tzar and his Generals. On 5 June 1916 HMS Hampshire left the English port to never return.
Composed in several connecting movements, this piece of programmatic music paints a musical picture of its final journey beginning in port:
Opening with a lower brass fanfare, the magnificent HMS Hampshire is unveiled, moored in port as the crew and guests board. Followed by a short slow reflective section to represent the final farewells to those left onshore, the fanfares then take us into the open waters as the ship sets sail in heroic fashion. The next movement sees the Hampshire crashing majestically through the waves as it begins its journey.
However, the weather starts to deteriorate and conditions became increasingly difficult. The music here builds as you hear running triplet motifs representing the waves crashing against the hull. The conditions worsen, panic starts to ensue and as the crew battle with the horrendous elements just off Marwick Head, Orkney the ship hits a mine. With a big explosion from the percussion the hull of the ship is ripped apart.
The ship now engulfed by flames and water sinks into the stormy waters represented by three heavy lower brass chords. Blind panic from the crew represented by discordant rhythmic flourishes from the cornets and horns ensues. This frantic music, as they try desperately to escape the sinking vessel accompanies 12 fanfare voices from various instruments – representing the 12 lone survivors as they escape and swim to dry land.
This penultimate section fades and lowers as the ship and crew sink to the bottom. A lone cornet line is played - reflecting on the loss of life. This is then followed by the final section: a buildup of minor chords in dramatic fashion representing the devastating loss of life to conclude this tragic story.
This piece celebrates the lives of those who were lost and reflects on the tragedy suffered by the serving crew men and their families.
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Paul Lovatt Cooper
The Final Voyage was commissioned by Carole Crompton on behalf of Bolsover District Council. Section: 3+
This concert finale is a dramatic piece of program music to mark the 100th anniversary of the final fateful journey of HMS Hampshire on 5 June 1916.
All but 12 of its 737 crew-members lost their lives on that fateful journey. Among the casualties were Derbyshire hero, 1st Class Stoker Thomas Henry Redfern and Britain's Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener. Among the small number of 12 survivors was Royal Naval Seaman Richard Simpson.
Simpson and Redfern, were part of the Hampshire’s crew who set sail that day on a special mission during World War One. The mission was to take Britain's Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener to Russia for a special meeting with the Tzar and his Generals. On 5 June 1916 HMS Hampshire left the English port to never return.
Composed in several connecting movements, this piece of programmatic music paints a musical picture of its final journey beginning in port:
Opening with a lower brass fanfare, the magnificent HMS Hampshire is unveiled, moored in port as the crew and guests board. Followed by a short slow reflective section to represent the final farewells to those left onshore, the fanfares then take us into the open waters as the ship sets sail in heroic fashion. The next movement sees the Hampshire crashing majestically through the waves as it begins its journey.
However, the weather starts to deteriorate and conditions became increasingly difficult. The music here builds as you hear running triplet motifs representing the waves crashing against the hull. The conditions worsen, panic starts to ensue and as the crew battle with the horrendous elements just off Marwick Head, Orkney the ship hits a mine. With a big explosion from the percussion the hull of the ship is ripped apart.
The ship now engulfed by flames and water sinks into the stormy waters represented by three heavy lower brass chords. Blind panic from the crew represented by discordant rhythmic flourishes from the cornets and horns ensues. This frantic music, as they try desperately to escape the sinking vessel accompanies 12 fanfare voices from various instruments – representing the 12 lone survivors as they escape and swim to dry land.
This penultimate section fades and lowers as the ship and crew sink to the bottom. A lone cornet line is played - reflecting on the loss of life. This is then followed by the final section: a buildup of minor chords in dramatic fashion representing the devastating loss of life to conclude this tragic story.
This piece celebrates the lives of those who were lost and reflects on the tragedy suffered by the serving crew men and their families.
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Paul Lovatt Cooper
The Final Voyage was commissioned by Carole Crompton on behalf of Bolsover District Council. Section: 3+
This concert finale is a dramatic piece of program music to mark the 100th anniversary of the final fateful journey of HMS Hampshire on 5 June 1916.
All but 12 of its 737 crew-members lost their lives on that fateful journey. Among the casualties were Derbyshire hero, 1st Class Stoker Thomas Henry Redfern and Britain's Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener. Among the small number of 12 survivors was Royal Naval Seaman Richard Simpson.
Simpson and Redfern, were part of the Hampshire’s crew who set sail that day on a special mission during World War One. The mission was to take Britain's Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener to Russia for a special meeting with the Tzar and his Generals. On 5 June 1916 HMS Hampshire left the English port to never return.
Composed in several connecting movements, this piece of programmatic music paints a musical picture of its final journey beginning in port:
Opening with a lower brass fanfare, the magnificent HMS Hampshire is unveiled, moored in port as the crew and guests board. Followed by a short slow reflective section to represent the final farewells to those left onshore, the fanfares then take us into the open waters as the ship sets sail in heroic fashion. The next movement sees the Hampshire crashing majestically through the waves as it begins its journey.
However, the weather starts to deteriorate and conditions became increasingly difficult. The music here builds as you hear running triplet motifs representing the waves crashing against the hull. The conditions worsen, panic starts to ensue and as the crew battle with the horrendous elements just off Marwick Head, Orkney the ship hits a mine. With a big explosion from the percussion the hull of the ship is ripped apart.
The ship now engulfed by flames and water sinks into the stormy waters represented by three heavy lower brass chords. Blind panic from the crew represented by discordant rhythmic flourishes from the cornets and horns ensues. This frantic music, as they try desperately to escape the sinking vessel accompanies 12 fanfare voices from various instruments – representing the 12 lone survivors as they escape and swim to dry land.
This penultimate section fades and lowers as the ship and crew sink to the bottom. A lone cornet line is played - reflecting on the loss of life. This is then followed by the final section: a buildup of minor chords in dramatic fashion representing the devastating loss of life to conclude this tragic story.
This piece celebrates the lives of those who were lost and reflects on the tragedy suffered by the serving crew men and their families.
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov Arranger: Phillip Littlemore
Duration: 5:40
Rachmaninov composed his First Symphony in 1895, at the age of just 22 years. It received its first performance on March 27, 1897, at a Russian Symphony Society concert in St. Petersburg with Alexander Glazunov conducting. The premiere was not well-received, and Rachmaninov himself blamed Glazunov for a lacklustre approach for beating time rather than finding the music. Some contemporary reports even suggested that Glazunov was inebriated when he took to the stage! Despite the disappointment of the premiere performance, Rachmaninov never destroyed the score but left it behind when he left Russia to settle in the West, eventually it was given up for lost. After the composer’s death, a two-piano transcription of the symphony surfaced in Moscow, followed by a set of orchestral parts at the conservatory in Saint Petersburg. In March 1945, the symphony was performed in Moscow for the first time since its 1897 premiere. It was a grand success, and this led to a new and more enthusiastic evaluation of the symphony. In March 1948 it received a similarly successful American premiere and the work proceeded to establish itself in the general repertory. The final movement (Allegro con fuoco) is colourful and grand but not without its darkly contrasting, menacing episodes that intensifies its malevolence. It is a work overflowing with ideas demonstrating a strong, highly individual, and self-assured young talent.
Categories: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC, Howard Snell Music Composer: Maurice Ravel Arranger: Howard Snell
Finale from the second suite.
Howard Snell writes : This Finale brings to a close one of the greatest ballet scores ever composed. The presentation of the themes and the way they develop to an overwhelming conclusion is without doubt masterly in terms of the final result... the audience reaction.
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