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Plot. In the story of Belshazzar 's Feast, the Jews are in exile in Babylon. After a feast at which Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, commits sacrilege by using the Jews' sacred vessels to praise the heathen gods, he is miraculously killed, the kingdom falls, and the Jews regain their freedom.
Jan 19, 2018 · Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast: a guide to the best recordings | Gramophone. Andrew Mellor. Friday, January 19, 2018. This cantata is striking for its raucousness, its silence and its feeling of having a heartbeat. There are certain interpretative essentials, which Andrew Mellor seeks out in his selection of recordings.
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Dec 27, 2023 · Belshazzar’s Feast, composed by William Walton, is an oratorio that premiered in Leeds in October 1931. With its dramatic and powerful composition, this piece quickly propelled Walton into fame. The lyrics of the song are taken from the Bible, particularly the Book of Daniel and Psalm 137, and were adapted by Osbert Sitwell.
King Belshazzar holds a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and commands that the Temple vessels from Jerusalem be brought in so that they can drink from them, but as the Babylonians drink, a hand appears and writes on the wall.
I wish I could give this disc the highest rating for overall artistic quality, because the performance of Belshazzar’s Feast is simply spectacular, but unfortunately other equally fine performances come with more interesting couplings, and even with the two marches this release still offers less than 50 minutes of music.
Sep 21, 2020 · First broadcast in Masterworks: Six Pieces of Britain on BBC Two England, 24 July 1999 at 18.15 William Walton's dramatic choral work Belshazzar's Feast, composed in 1931, draws on the...
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So for their concert on. Saturday 10th December, whose main work was Walton’s Belshazzar’s. Feast, it made sense to include Sibelius’s suite Belshazzar’s. Feast based on music a wrote for a play, and in addition Gerald Finley, the baritone soloist in the Walton cantata, sang three of Sibelius’s songs. with orchestra.
