Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune, L'uomo dai baffi & Other Works
8/13/2021, 30 Tracks, 1:09:22
Featuring
Clive Bayley
David Lloyd-Jones
English Northern Philharmonia
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson (Lord Berners)
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Composition History
Diaghilev, seeking a British subject for his ballet, drew inspiration for The Triumph of Neptune from 19th-century caricaturists and 'penny plain and tuppence coloured' prints.
Composer Biography
Lord Berners was known for his eccentricities, such as having a clavichord in his Rolls-Royce and dyeing local pigeons exotic colors.
Composition History
L'uomo dai baffi ('The Man with the Moustache') is a ballet for puppets, commissioned by Italian painter Fortunato Depero for a marionette company in Rome in 1918.
Composer Biography
Lord Berners, born Gerald Tyrwhitt, was the 14th Baron Berners in the peerage of England, a title that can pass through the female line.
Compositional Technique
Berners described the score of The Triumph of Neptune as 'variegated as a Christmas tree,' containing elements from composers like Tchaikovsky and Léo Delibes, and notably 'not in the least 'modern'.'
Composer's Artistic Vision
Lord Berners, despite his literary and painting skills, primarily wished to be remembered as a composer.
Composition History
The Triumph of Neptune, Berners' first and most ambitious ballet score, was commissioned by Diaghilev for his London season in 1926.
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