[78-L] Churchill background music
Dan Van Landingham
danvanlandingham at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 13 10:55:51 PDT 2013
I've never heard that particular Walton piece.The only WW2 inspired work I'm familiar with was "Warsaw Concerto".I'm sure its been issued commercially.
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On Sat, 7/13/13, Dave Burnham <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
Subject: [78-L] Churchill background music
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Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 11:18 AM
Thank you Nigel. The Walton makes perfect sense. I
recognized the first piece they played but couldn't name it.
db
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On 2013-07-13, at 11:57 AM, "Nigel Burlinson" <burlinson at orange.fr>
wrote:
>
>
> The majority of the music used as "background" in this
programme
> was composed by William Walton, including excerpts
from
> "Spitfire Prelude and Fugue" (film "The First of The
Few") (1942)
> "Henry V" (1944)
> "Battle In The Air" (film "Battle Of Britain") (1969)
>
> Nigel Burlinson
> burlinson at orange.fr
>
>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 02:16:55 -0400
>> From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
>> Subject: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
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>> Right now on BBC Radio 4's website, a documentary
on Winston Churchill's
>> record collection - including homemade lacquers of
some of his speeches.
>> I've only had time to listen to the first 15
minutes, but it seems
>> fascinating.
>>
>> Only a few days left to listen:
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036j3r0
>>
>> Sammy Jones
>>
>>
>>
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>> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:29:32 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
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>> I just listened to the complete broadcast and it
was very interesting.
>> ?They talk about there being a large number of
Harry Lauder recordings but
>> every example they played was from the single 12
inch disc, "Harry Lauder
>> Medley". ?I wish they had identified the music they
were playing
>> throughout, it sounds like it may be from
Vaughan-Williams but I couldn't
>> recognize it. ?I have heard that most, if not all,
of the recordings of
>> Winston Churchill's speeches made during the war
were in fact read by an
>> actor and are not Churchill's voice at all. ?The
recording from 1909
>> sounds like a different voice than the recordings
from 1941 but there's no
>> mention of this in the text. ?I do agree that
though there have been many
>> great orators in the 20th century, he was perhaps
the greatest.
>>
>> db?
>>
>>
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Sammy Jones <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:16:55 AM
>>> Subject: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
>>>
>>>
>>> Right now on BBC Radio 4's website, a
documentary on Winston Churchill's
>>> record collection - including homemade lacquers
of some of his speeches.
>>> I've only had time to listen to the first 15
minutes, but it seems
>>> fascinating.
>>>
>>> Only a few days left to listen:
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036j3r0
>>>
>>> Sammy Jones
>>>
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