A 1907 composition with this title originated as incidental music to a Hjalmar ProcopÃ© play, features an extensive flute solo in its second-movement Nocturne, and opens with an Oriental Procession.
A 1907 composition with this title originated as incidental music to a Hjalmar ProcopÃ© play, features an extensive flute solo in its second-movement Nocturne, and opens with an Oriental Procession. That Sibelius composition with this title premiered at the same concert as his third symphony. Another work with this title onomatopoeically pairs col legno violins and xylophones in a line mentioning wood and brass instruments with gold in a passage in which the baritone soloist exhorts "praise ye the god of" various things. This composition was scored in part for two seven-piece brass bands to take advantage of musicians who were already performing Berlioz's Requiem at the 1931 Leeds Festival. The chorus shouts the word "Slain!" at a climactic moment of this work, whose Osbert Sitwell-selected text includes elements of Psalm 137 and the Book of Daniel. For 10 points, name this oratorio featuring a chilling depiction of the writing on the wall, a masterpiece by William Walton.
A 1907 composition with this title originated as incidental music to a Hjalmar ProcopÃ© play, features an extensive flute solo in its second-movement Nocturne, and opens with an Oriental Procession.
Belshazzar's Feast [or Belsazars gÃ¤stabud]