| 词条 | The National Anthem (Benjamin Britten) |
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| name = The National Anthem, arr. Benjamin Britten | cover = The National Anthem (Benjamin Britten).jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = London Symphony Orchestra | album = | released = | format = Vinyl | recorded = 1962 | studio = | venue = | genre = Classical music | length = | label = Decca | writer = Henry Carey | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}The National Anthem is a 1962 choral and orchestral arrangement of God Save the Queen by Benjamin Britten. The arrangement was written for the Leeds Festival. It has been described as an "extraordinary progression from pianissimo prayer to pealing, overlapping choral fortissimo".[1] InstrumentationBritten arranged the anthem for an SATB chorus and an orchestra consisting of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B-flat, two bassoons; four horns in F, two trumpets in C, three trombones, one tuba; a percussion section that includes timpani, cymbals, side drum, bass drum; and strings. Notable performancesThe piece was performed by Britten and the English Chamber Orchestra, along with the overture The Building of the House, at the openings of two English concert halls in 1967.[2][3] The Queen Elizabeth HallThe Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a purpose-built music venue on the South Bank in London which opened in March 1967. Britten prepared a reduced orchestration of his arrangement for the ECO to play at the opening concert.[4][5] Snape MaltingsSnape Maltings is a converted industrial building in Suffolk. The Queen presided over its opening as a concert hall in June 1967 and its reopening after fire in 1970.[6][7]Release of recordingThe arrangement was released by Decca both as a single (45-71146) and as 45 EP (SEC 5119) 1962. On the B side of the single was the Trumpet Voluntary in Sir Henry Wood's arrangement with the London Symphony Orchestra augmented by the trumpeters of Kneller Hall in a performance conducted by Kenneth Alwyn. The tracks of the EP were:
References1. ^Neil Powell A Life for Music 2014 -0099537362 Page 410 "... for a concert which opened with Britten's arrangement of the National Anthem, with its extraordinary progression from pianissimo prayer to pealing, overlapping choral fortissimo, afterwards, ... " {{Benjamin Britten|state=collapsed}}{{Authority control}}2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.englishchamberorchestra.co.uk/about/history |title=History: Britten and the ECO |access-date=2018-04-01}} 3. ^Eric Walter White, John Evans Benjamin Britten, His Life and Operas 0520048946 1983 Page 66 "... first two pieces of music in the Inaugural Concert programme — Britten's setting of the National Anthem for chorus and orchestra, and his overture The Building of the House (composed specially for the occasion) — the audience realized that ..." 4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Benjamin-Britten-The-National-Anthem/55970%26langid=1 |title=Benjamin Britten - The National Anthem |website=Boosey & Hawkes |access-date=2018-04-01}} 5. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/123832-chineke-orchestra-2018 |title=Chineke! Orchestra |access-date=2018-03-31}} 6. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/28/arts/britten-s-music-festival-revives-under-a-three-headed-regime.html?mcubz=1 |title=Britten's music festival revives... |date=1994 |work= New York Times}} 7. ^Paul Kildea. Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century 2013. 0141924306 "The Queen inspected the auditorium, with its beautiful honeyed timber ceiling and Victorian redbrick walls, and then looked out over the marshy expanse towards Aldeburgh. The audience stood for the national anthem in Britten's arrangement ..." 4 : Compositions by Benjamin Britten|1962 singles|Decca Records singles|Classical music EPs |
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