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Lord Berners: Ballet Music – Les sirènes & Cupid and Psyche Suite

3/11/2022, 18 Tracks, 1:00:43

Featuring

  • Gavin Sutherland
  • Miriam Blennerhassett
  • David Lloyd-Jones
  • Royal Ballet Sinfonia
  • RTÉ Chamber Choir
  • RTÉ Sinfonietta
  • Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson (Lord Berners)

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Composer Biography

Lord Berners was one of only two British composers, the other being Constant Lambert, to be commissioned by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Gavin Sutherland, the conductor for the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, is the Music Director of English National Ballet and has made over a hundred recordings, mainly of British music.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

David Lloyd-Jones, the conductor for the RTÉ Sinfonietta, founded Opera North in Leeds in 1978 and has recorded the complete symphonies of Arnold Bax and Charles Villiers Stanford.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Lord Berners was known for his eccentricities, such as having a clavichord in his Rolls-Royce and dyeing local pigeons exotic colors.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Lord Berners, born Gerald Tyrwhitt, was the 14th Baron Berners in the peerage of England and served as an honorary attaché in Constantinople and Rome.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Lord Berners' last three ballets, A Wedding Bouquet, Cupid and Psyche, and Les Sirènes, were collaborations with choreographer Frederick Ashton and musical director Constant Lambert.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lord Berners' music, initially avant-garde, became more accessible over time but always retained its distinctive style.

Source: Booklet

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