Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Please Excuse Our Dust

 

Pardon Our Dust

Welcome to the Oozy Channel Keep!

We at The Keep are just getting up and running.

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Taking a Genre Into Your Own Hands

 

CD cover of String Quartets 1 - 3 by Benjamin Britten from the Takacs Quartet on Hyperion.
That is what Britten does with the string quartet.
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Location: The Round House, Kymin Rd, Monmouth NP25 3SF, UK

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Sibelius: Symphony 2

 

CD cover of Symphony 2 by Jean Sibelius from Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra on Columbia.
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Location: 241 Church St, New York, NY 10013, USA

Monday, June 23, 2025

Haydn: Symphony 67 - 69

 

CD cover of Symphonies 67 - 69 by Haydn from Adam Fischer on Brilliant Classics

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Location: Piberstraße 17, 8572 Bärnbach, Austria

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Don't Be Fooled!

 

None of this music was written while Britten was in the US.
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Location: Nottingham Lakeside Arts, University Blvd, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Sibelius: Symphony 1

 

LP cover of Symphony 1 by Sibelius from Leonard Bernstein on Columbia
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Location: World Trade Center, New York, NY 10006, USA

Friday, June 20, 2025

Haydn: Symphony 64 - 66

 

CD cover of Symphonies 64 - 66 by Haydn from Adam Fischer on Brilliant Classics
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Location: Goldschmiedgasse 3, 1010 Wien, Austria

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Britten's Short Stint with Film

 

CD cover of Film Music by Benjamin Britten from Martyn Brabbins on NMC

Not dramatic film, though.

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Location: University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Flabby to Fit...

 

CD cover of Kullervo by Sibelius from Sir Colin Davis with the LSO & Chorus on LSO Live.
... In just 10 years!
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Location: High St, Arundel BN18 9AB, UK

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Haydn: Symphony 61 - 63

 

CD cover of Symphonies 61 - 63 by Haydn from Adam Fischer and the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra on Brilliant Classics.

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Location: Ottillingerpl. 1, 1230 Wien, Austria

Monday, June 16, 2025

Another Personable Concerto from Britten

 

CD cover of the Piano Concerto by Benjamin Britten from Steuart Bedford on Naxos

He is full of them!

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Location: Moot Hall, Market Cross Pl, Aldeburgh IP15 5DS, UK

Sunday, June 15, 2025

Alfven: Choral & Orchestral Recording Roundup

 

CD cover of Papillon by Hugo Alfven from the Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble
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Location: Sculpture & Shore Walk 101 101, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

Friday, June 6, 2025

A Composer's Homecoming

 

CD cover of OD Sings Alfven on BIS
Hugo Alfvén directed the Orphei Drängar for nearly 40 years.
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Location: Karl Johans gt. 26, 0161 Oslo, Norway

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Haydn: Symphony 58 - 60

 

CD cover of Symphonies 58 - 60 by Haydn from Adam Fischer on Brilliant Classics
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Location: Kosakengasse 1, 8020 Graz, Austria

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Double the Pleasure...

 

CD cover of the Violin Concerto, Double Concerto, and Lachrymae by Benjamin Britten from Ivan Volkov on Hyperion
... Double the Fun.
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Location: University of Gilbert Scott Building, University Ave, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK

Monday, June 2, 2025

A Composer Without Facial Hair

 

CD cover of Choral Music by Hugo Alfven from Gustaf Sjokvist on Ladybird.
I have never seen a picture of Hugo Alfvén without a moustache.
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Location: Rörstrandsgatan 5, 113 36 Stockholm, Sweden

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Haydn: Symphony 55 - 57

 

CD cover of Symphony 55, 56, and 57 by Haydn from Adam Fischer on Brilliant Classics
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Location: Fertőszentmiklós, Szent István u., 9444 Hungary