{"product_id":"britten-premieres-noyes-fludde-variations-on-a-theme-of-frank-bridge-19581938-paco202","title":"BRITTEN Premières: Noye's Fludde, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (1958\/1938) - PACO202","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBRITTEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eNoye's Fludde\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e (première performance)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBRITTEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eVariations on a Theme of Frank Bridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e (première recording)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eLive and studio recordings, 1958 and 1938\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 72:21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNoye - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eOwen Brannigan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMrs Noye - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eGladys Parr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eVoice of God - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTrevor Anthony\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eEnglish Opera Group Players\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eOrchestra of Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eCharles Mackerras\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThe Boyd Neel String Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBoyd Neel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO202.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNoye's Fludde\u003c\/em\u003e is a one-act opera by the British composer Benjamin Britten, intended primarily for amateur performers, particularly children. First performed on 18 June 1958 at that year's Aldeburgh Festival, it is based on the 15th-century Chester \"mystery\" or \"miracle\" play which recounts the Old Testament story of Noah's Ark. Britten specified that the opera should be staged in churches or large halls, not in a theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the mid-1950s Britten had established himself as a major composer, both of operas and of works for mixed professional and amateur forces – his mini-opera \u003cem\u003eThe Little Sweep\u003c\/em\u003e (1949) was written for young audiences, and used child performers. He had previously adapted text from the Chester play cycle in his 1952 \u003cem\u003eCanticle II\u003c\/em\u003e, which retells the story of Abraham and Isaac. \u003cem\u003eNoye's Fludde\u003c\/em\u003e was composed as a project for television; to the Chester text Britten added three congregational hymns, the Greek prayer \u003cem\u003eKyrie eleison\u003c\/em\u003e as a children's chant, and an \u003cem\u003eAlleluia\u003c\/em\u003e chorus. A large children's chorus represents the pairs of animals who march into and out of the ark, and proceedings are directed by the spoken Voice of God. Of the solo sung roles, only the parts of Noye (Noah) and his wife were written to be sung by professionals; the remaining roles are for child and adolescent performers. A small professional ensemble underpins the mainly amateur orchestra which contains numerous unconventional instruments to provide particular musical effects; bugle fanfares for the animals, handbell chimes for the rainbow, and various improvisations to replicate musically the sounds of a storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt its premiere \u003cem\u003eNoye's Fludde\u003c\/em\u003e was acclaimed by critics and public alike, both for the inspiration of the music and the brilliance of the design and production. The opera received its American premiere in New York in March 1959, and its first German performance at Ettal in May of that year. Since then it has been staged worldwide; the performance in Beijing in October 2012 organised by the KT Wong Foundation was the first in China of any Britten opera. The occasion of Britten's centenary in 2013 led to numerous productions at music festivals, both in the UK and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present recording was made by the BBC at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1958 on the occasion of the work’s world première and has been remastered from BBC Transcription Service vinyl LP discs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVariations on a Theme of Frank Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e, Op. 10, is a work for string orchestra. It was written in 1937 at the request of Boyd Neel, who conducted his orchestra at the premiere of the work at that year's Salzburg Festival. It was the work that brought Benjamin Britten to international attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritten studied with Frank Bridge from 1927. In 1932 he began writing a set of variations on a theme from one of Bridge's works, as a tribute to his teacher, but he was distracted by other matters and the work went nowhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn May 1937, the organisers of the Salzburg Festival invited Boyd Neel and his orchestra to perform three works at that year's Festival, in August, only three months away. One of those works had to be a previously unperformed work by a British composer. Neel knew Britten from having conducted his film score for \u003cem\u003eLove From a Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e in 1936, so he asked him to write a new work for a string orchestra. Britten accepted the commission and immediately started work on a new set of variations on a theme by Bridge. Britten took as his theme the second of Bridge's \u003cem\u003eThree Idylls for string quartet\u003c\/em\u003e, Op. 6, No. 2. The first sketch was completed in 10 days, and the work was fully scored by 12 July.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe dedicated the work \"To F.B. A tribute with affection and admiration\". Both Bridge and Britten attended rehearsals of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work was given its concert premiere, as planned, on 27 August 1937 in Salzburg. However, its broadcast premiere occurred two days earlier; it was played live on Radio Hilversum on 25 August. Its British premiere took place on 5 October of the same year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was first recorded in July 1938 by Neel conducting his own string orchestra – the first of many recordings of this well-loved work – from which the present release has been XR remastered in Ambient Stereo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (with notes from Wikipedia)\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRITTEN \u003c\/b\u003ePremières: Noye's Fludde, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\u003cstrong\u003e RADIO\u003c\/strong\u003e Introduction to Noye's Fludde (0:17)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBRITTEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e Noye's Fludde, Op. 59 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eworld première performance\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n2. Lord Jesus Think On Me (3:06)\u003cbr\u003e 3. I God That All This Worlde Hath Wroughte (2:34)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Have Done You Men and Wemen All  (2:25)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Now In the Name Of God I Will Begyne  (4:24)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Noye Noye Take Thou Thy Company  (5:48)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Wiffe Come In Why Standes Thou Their  (5:06)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Ha Children Me Thinkes My Botte Removes  (8:21)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Now Forty Dayes Are Fullie Gone  (5:22)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Noye Take Thy Wife Anone  (2:30)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Noye Heare I Behette Thee a Heste  (1:08)\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Spacious Firmament On High  (6:42)\u003cp\u003e13. \u003cstrong\u003eRADIO\u003c\/strong\u003e Conclusion to Noye's Fludde (0:44)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCAST\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Voice of God (spoken role) - Trevor Anthony\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eNoye (bass-baritone) - Owen Brannigan\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMrs Noye (contralto) - Gladys Parr\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eSem (treble) - Thomas Bevan\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eHam (treble) - Marcus Norman\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eJaffett (tenor or treble) - Michael Crawford\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMrs Sem (girl soprano) - Janette Miller\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMrs Ham (girl soprano) - Katherine Dyson\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMrs Jaffett (girl soprano) - Marilyn Baker\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMrs Noye's Gossips (girl sopranos) - Penelope Allen, Doreen Metcalfe, Dawn Mendham, Beverley Newman\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Raven (silent role) - David Bedwell\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Dove (silent role) - Maria Spall\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eChildren's chorus of animals and birds; congregation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnglish Opera Group Players\u003cbr\u003e Orchestra of Children\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e conducted by\u003cstrong\u003e Charles Mackerras\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded at the Aldeburgh Festival, 18 June 1958\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBRITTEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eworld première recording\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Introduction and Theme (1:53)\u003cbr\u003e 15. Variation 1: Adagio (2:17)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Variation 2: March  (1:10)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Variation 3: Romance  (1:38)\u003cbr\u003e 18. Variation 4: Aria Italiana  (1:13)\u003cbr\u003e 19. Variation 5: Bourrée classique  (1:13)\u003cbr\u003e 20. Variation 6: Wiener Waltzer  (2:34)\u003cbr\u003e 21. Variation 7: Moto perpetuo  (1:10)\u003cbr\u003e 22. Variation 8: Funeral March  (3:15)\u003cbr\u003e 23. Variation 9: Chant  (1:05)\u003cbr\u003e 24. 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