The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (163): Also by Thomas Arne
mainHere’s one that hasn’t yet been banned by the BBC
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And then there is Arne’s “Rise, Glory Rise,” from Alfred. That should set their hair on fire.
From Rosamond, Patricia – but that is a knockout piece, especially when sung by Dame Emma Kirkby…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8tYZ0_seBA
Heavens, Norman, for goodness sake, give the BBC a break!
Why? They never give anyone else a break! Pity the government doesn’t give everyone a break from the BBC.
Why, John? It’s not Norman standing up for justice, but Aunty spineless. Bring back our own Sarah Connelly to sing those offending songs and Andrew Davis to conduct, and a bit of jazz! She did a fantastic job a few years ago, and he knows the culture inside out!
I am sure that some woke person from the BBC will come up with a reason to ban it!
Sound the trumpet! Sound an alarm! If only Margaret Ritchie were here when we need her, but Emma Kirkby is a practised artificer.
Sweet and transparant. Thank you for posting.
(Lady Sarah Connelly singing the original of Rule, Britannia costumed as Nelson was a special treat, too.)
163 comfort zones? Maybe could we have something a trifle challenging for a change? They played contemporary music during the war, you know.
Beautiful aria.
Arne was übersensitive to non-musical sounds, complaining in a letter of the ‘rattling dissonances of unholy carriages’ in the streets of London, and had therefore special wigs constructed with sound-blocking padding at the inside, as can be seen in the picture above.