Gerald Finzi Dies Natalis Op8 I Intrada

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Dies natalis (Latin: Natal Day or Day of Birth ) is a five-movement work by Gerald Finzi, setting texts by Thomas Traherne, for solo soprano or tenor and string orchestra. Here is the first movement for orchestra only. I shall be uploading the remaining parts of Finzi's masterpiece in due course. • Surely no other composer sounds so British. Finzi distilled the influences of Elgar and Vaughan Williams into an instantly recognisable style. His music sounds even more traditionally British because of the nostalgia that brims over from it. It is the music of the end of things, of autumn, of the evening of the day, and the evening of life. Death had been a frequent visitor to Finzi's early life. He lost his father and then his three brothers in quick succession. The shadow of death returned to him in his 50th year in the form of Hodgkin's Disease, which he died from five years later. However, this is the music of fond farewells. Finzi is no Dylan Thomas raging against the dying of the light. - Bernard Davis. • I took these images in the Derbyshire Peak District in early summer 2012. The mediaeval wood carvings and misericords (C15) at 0:32 and elsewhere are in the chancel of the magnificent Church of St. John the Baptist at Tideswell, also known as the the cathedral of the Peak , for persuasive reasons. The Bower chapel contains perhaps the most impressive tomb (at 4:00) thought to be that of Sir Thurstan de Bower and his wife Margaret (about 1395). The recumbent alabaster figures of the couple are worn by the ravages of time, but still give us a strong impression of the knight and his lady, albeit in an entirely different era of English society. At 1:27, the Church of St. Giles further south at Hartington. • For more videos and other information about the Peak District please visit Let's Stay Peak District at http://www.peakdistrict-nationalpark.com • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra • Conductor: David Hill • A Decca Recording

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