Sir William Walton
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway Prospect Heights Brooklyn, NY
Feb 19, 2017
2:00 PM UTC
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Offenbach"Orpheus in the Underworld" OvertureFauré"Pelleas et Melisande" SuiteWalton“Façade” Suites 1 & 2GershwinAn American in ParisAt the top of the concert several movements from William Walton’s orchestral suite based on his 1922 “Façade, an Entertainment,” settings of surreal poems by Edith Sitwell. Finally, George Gershwin’s inimitable ballet music “An American in Paris.” We may need to import real Rio taxi cabs!
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Sir William Walton Biography
Sir William Turner Walton, OM (March 29, 1902–March 8, 1983) was a British composer and conductor.
His style was influenced by the works of Stravinsky, Sibelius and jazz, and is characterized by rhythmic vitality, bittersweet harmony, sweeping Romantic melody and brilliant orchestration. His output includes orchestral and choral works, chamber music and ceremonial music, as well as notable film scores. His earliest works, especially Edith Sitwell's Façade brought him notoriety as a modernist, but it was with orchestral symphonic works and the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast that he gained international recognition.
He was knighted in 1951, and was admitted to the Order of Merit in 1967. He died in Ischia, Italy, where he had settled in 1949.
Read MoreHis style was influenced by the works of Stravinsky, Sibelius and jazz, and is characterized by rhythmic vitality, bittersweet harmony, sweeping Romantic melody and brilliant orchestration. His output includes orchestral and choral works, chamber music and ceremonial music, as well as notable film scores. His earliest works, especially Edith Sitwell's Façade brought him notoriety as a modernist, but it was with orchestral symphonic works and the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast that he gained international recognition.
He was knighted in 1951, and was admitted to the Order of Merit in 1967. He died in Ischia, Italy, where he had settled in 1949.
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