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In Reply to: RE: An alternative, even for those who hate choral music posted by Amphissa on April 14, 2015 at 16:50:15
Setright came from a family of mechanical engineers, studied law and hated it, and was a prodigy on jazz clarinet.
His interest in engineering led him to an unparalleled career as an automotive journalist, but along the way as a singer, he co-founded the Philharmonia Chorus in 1957.
In 1980, tragedy struck. His opera-singer wife killed herself. In reaction, Setright embraced Lubavitcher orthodoxy, and it is from that standpoint that he endorsed Elgar's grandest work.
JM
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with Dame Janet Baker and Sir Peter Pears.
OK, not the best audio or video, recorded onto VHS tape off of the original BBC broadcast. BBC no longer has the tapes on this one, likely erased.
Shame on them!
I love to think of myself as an Elgarian. However 90 minutes of "Dream of Gerontius" confirms my agnosticism. It's not the music but the libretto by Cardinal Newman that is my problem.
Did you know that LKJ Setright was also a motoring correspondent for the auto magazine "Car" during the 70's?
jm
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