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Symphony in E-minor ("The Irish") Overture "Di Ballo" EMI-Odeon, ASD, 2435, stereo conductor: Charles Groves ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Incidental Music to "The Tempest" and "The Merchant of Venice" Overture "In Memoriam" EMI-Odeon, CSD 3713, stereo conductor: Sir Vivian Dunn ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra...
...situation is quite different with the Tempest and Merchant of Venice incidental music and the In Memoriam overture. In Memoriam is a masterpiece and a monument to the best aspects of Victorian music. Written the same year as the Symphony and dedicated to his recently-deceased father, it builds from a quiet start through a restless central section for strings. The climax at the end is spectacular: the large orchestra (augmented by two extra horns and ophicleide) is joined by the organ. To see the Royal Albert Hall in London and the organ there is to know where In Memoriam...
...like way, the incidental music excerpts from The Tempest and The Merchant of Venice provide a form commensurate with Sullivan's gifts. All the devices that came to be standard in the Savoy orchestrations are here: the long solo horn calls as bridges the violins doubling waltz themes in octaves and the woodwind chordal sections, to name a very few. From the first bassoon solo in The Merchant, the sound is lively and attractive. Sometimes the geography can be confusing (a Viennese waltz set in Venice is hard to fathom), but the spirit is blithe. Sullivan was clearly best...
...does Bobby Riggs think he is? The Merchant of Tennis...
...hijacker insists on landing in Israel. I am going to land whether you like it or not." After a 20-minute pause, Lod gave Kawas landing instructions. Moments afterward the plane touched down and Israeli troops seized the hijacker, later identified as Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Toumi, 37, a merchant with a Libyan passport, no ostensible links to any terrorist unit, and an obvious overdose of alcohol. Said a stewardess: "He had four Scotches before the hijacking, and he took frequent swigs before we landed...