CEDRIC TIBERGHIEN
5 VARIATIONEN UBER RULE BRITANNIA wOo 79 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN BY CEDRIC TIBERGHEIN
Isaac Albéniz
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Béla Bartók
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johannes Brahms
Ferruccio Busoni
Frédéric Chopin
Claude Debussy
Franz Liszt
Felix Mendelssohn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sergei Prokofiev
Leonard Bernstein
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Anton Rubinstein
Robert Schumann
Alexander Scriabin
Dmitri Shostakovich
Carl Maria von Weber
Cédric Tiberghien's flourishing international career sees him performing across five continents in some of the world's most prestigious halls. His recent US concerto debut with the National Symphony in Washinton DC (Eschenbach), attracted unanimous critical acclaim and led to an immediate invitation from the Boston Symphony Orchestra for an appearance in the orchestra's 11/12 subscription series, as well as a concert at Carnegie Hall, New York. Other concerto highlights to come include the Seattle Symphony, NHK Symphony Tokyo, RTE National Symphony of Ireland, Sao Paulo Symphony (Marin Alsop), extensive touring in Australia and a complete cycle of the Beethoven Piano Concertos with the Orchestre National d'Ile de France (Mazzola). Recital plans include appearances in the Wigmore Hall's prestigious Master Series for the next three seasons, as well as at the Bozar and La Monnaie in Brussels, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Madrid's Auditorio Nacional, Berlin's Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, and Summer festivals throughout Europe.
"Rule, Britannia!" is a British patriotic song, originating from the poem "Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson and set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740.[1] It is strongly associated with the Royal Navy, but also used by the British Army.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Original masque
2 Independent history
3 Original lyrics
4 Lyrics as sung
5 In popular culture
5.1 Mentions in other songs
6 References
7 Bibliography
8 External links
[edit]Original masque
This popular British national air was originally included in Alfred, a masque about Alfred the Great co-written by Thomson and David Mallet and first performed at Cliveden, country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales (the eldest son of George II and father of the future George III, as well as the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria), on 1 August 1740, to commemorate the accession of George II and the third birthday of the Princess Augusta.[3]
Frederick, a German prince who arrived in England as an adult and was on very bad terms with his father, was making considerable efforts to ingratiate himself and build a following among his subjects-to-be (which came to naught, as he died before his father and never became king). A masque linking the prince with both the medieval hero-king Alfred the Great's victories over the Vikings and with the current building of British sea power - exemplified by the recent successful capture of Porto Bello from the Spanish by Admiral Vernon on 21 November 1739, avenging in the eyes of the British public Admiral Hosier's disastrous Blockade of Porto Bello of 1726--27 - went well with his political plans and aspirations.
Thomson was a Scottish poet and playwright, who spent most of his adult life in England and hoped to make his fortune at Court. He had an interest in helping foster a British identity, including and transcending the older English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish identities.
Thomson had written The Tragedy of Sophonisba (1730), based on the historical figure of Sophonisba - a proud princess of Carthage, a major sea-power of the ancient world, who had committed suicide rather than submit to slavery at the hands of the Romans. This might have some bearing on the song's famous refrain "Britons never, never, never will be slaves!".
In 1751, Mallet altered the lyrics, omitting three of the original six stanzas and adding three others, written by Lord Bolingbroke. This version known as "Married To A Mermaid" became extremely popular when Mallet produced his masque of Britannia at Drury Lane Theatre in 1755.
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Béla Bartók
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johannes Brahms
Ferruccio Busoni
Frédéric Chopin
Claude Debussy
Franz Liszt
Felix Mendelssohn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sergei Prokofiev
Leonard Bernstein
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Anton Rubinstein
Robert Schumann
Alexander Scriabin
Dmitri Shostakovich
Carl Maria von Weber
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