Frank Bridge (1879-1941) - Sally in our Alley скачать в хорошем качестве

Frank Bridge (1879-1941) - Sally in our Alley

Another English string miniature. Frank Bridge is mostly remembered for privately tutoring Benjamin Britten, who later championed his teacher's music and paid homage to him in the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (1937), based on a theme from the second of Bridge's Three Idylls for String Quartet (1906). Here, Bridge's setting of "Sally in our Alley". The original tune was written by the composer and playwright Henry Carey (1687-1743). According to Groves: "In 1724 a volume of cantatas and songs, words and music by Carey, was "printed for the author" on subscription, "to please my friends, to mortify my enemies, to get money and reputation", and an enlarged edition, now proudly called "The Works of Mr. Henry Carey", came out in 1726. Among the additions appears the song which has kept its name alive, the famous "Sally in our Alley" ("the words and tune by Mr. Carey"), at least as the author of the words; his melody, which was very popular for fifty years or so, was then superseded by the one sung today (which, even though still attributed to him, is of earlier origin)." The painting I chose for this piece is "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump" (1768) by Joseph Wright of Derby. I love to look at this work whenever I visit the National Gallery in London. I have no real idea why I chose it for this video, but like Caravaggio and others, Wright is a master of chiaroscuro, a single source of light, which creates much atmosphere in subjects which would otherwise look flat, less dramatic. "A travelling scientist is shown demonstrating the formation of a vacuum by withdrawing air from a flask containing a white cockatoo, though common birds like sparrows would normally have been used. Air pumps were developed in the 17th century and were relatively familiar by Wright's day. The artist's subject is not scientific invention, but a human drama in a night-time setting. The bird will die if the demonstrator continues to deprive it of oxygen, and Wright leaves us in doubt as to whether or not the cockatoo will be reprieved. The painting reveals a wide range of individual reactions, from the frightened children, through the reflective philosopher, the excited interest of the youth on the left, to the indifferent young lovers concerned only with each other. The figures are dramatically lit by a single candle, while in the window the moon appears. On the table in front of the candle is a glass containing a skull". Courtesy of the The National Gallery. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones English Northern Philharmonia A Naxos Recording