Jean Sibelius composed incidental music to Hjalmar Procopé's play of this name, while another musical work of this title was paired with Osbert Sitwell's text.
Jean Sibelius composed incidental music to Hjalmar Procopé's play of this name, while another musical work of this title was paired with Osbert Sitwell's text. That work has no key signature, instead relying on a flood of accidentals, and was derided by critics and church authorities as too gloating in the final victory scene to be a proper subject for a Christian musical program. Its instrumentation was greatly expanded at its first performance, where many extra players were hanging around due to a scheduled attempt at Berlioz's Requiem, and Thomas Beecham told the composer "as you'll never hear the thing again, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?" Conductor Michael Sargeant managed to keep it together during the debut of this work, mainly drawn from the Book of Daniel. For 10 points, name this composition of William Walton, depicting some events at a Babylonian banquet.
Jean Sibelius composed incidental music to Hjalmar Procopé's play of this name, while another musical work of this title was paired with Osbert Sitwell's text.
{Belshazzar's Feast}