One of the saddest poems I've ever read. And also a good example of elegiac couplet, which is formed by combining an hexameter followed by a pentameter. The hexameter has the following scansion:_ _ / _ _ / _ _ / _ _ / _ uu / _ _ And then a pentameter:_ _ / _ _/ _ // _ uu /_ uu / _(_ = long, u = short, in some cases -look in Wikipedia or wherever- a long can be replaced by two shorts):So basically the poem is hexameter-pentameter-hexameter-pentameter-and-so-on.I learned latin independently, so the pronunciation, the rythm, the entonation and everything basically comes from what I understood studying with books and without receiving any kind of feedback. Therefore, I do not know if I am doing it right and will IMMENSELY appreciate your comments. Thanks!By the way, the drawings are by Gustave Doré and the music is by Edvard Grieg (Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, Op. 36, 2nd movement) [ More Detail ]
This is just one track form the critically acclaimed Beulah disc (2PD15) of Eduard van Beinum conducting: Cockaigne Overture Cello Concerto (Anthony Pini - cello) Wand of Youth Suites Order it today at any good record store or buy direct from Beulah at http://www.eavb.co.uk/lp/2pd15.htmlTracks from this disc can be downlaoded at iTunes. Use the link above and select iTunes.Andrew Achenbach writing in The Gramophone Magazine, September 2006: Cockaigne fairly swaggers with exuberance, the LPO responding with tremendous zest and fresh-faced application for its then chief, yet there's tenderness, poetry and humour aplenty when required. even finer are the Wand of Youth Suites. Van Beinum extracts heaps of vigor, innocence, nostalgia and wit from these captivating miniatures, and I'd place his poetic and strongly characterised accounts at the top of the pile... So if you failed to snap up this valuable compilation first time round, you've no excuse now. Beulah compact discs are available in all good record stores, at Amazon, on e-Bay or direct from BEULAH at www.eavb.co.uk [ More Detail ]
Concierto de la Orquesta Académica del Teatro ColónPágina Web:http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/isa/carreras/orq_acad.htmIntegrantes de la Orquesta:http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/isa/carreras/orq_acad_int.htmFecha: 9 de Junio, 2007Localidad: Facultad de Derecho. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.Directora invitada: Lucia ZicosFauré: "Elegía"Solista -- Chao Xu (Cello)Programa entero:1) Tchaikovsky: "Serenata Melancólica"2) Mussorgsky: "Una Noche en el Monte Calvo"3) G. Fauré: "Elegía"4) Brahms: "Variaciones sobre un tema de Haydn"--------------------------------------------Live performance of the "Orquesta Académica del Teatro Colón" (Academic Orchestra from the Teatro Colón)Website:http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/isa/carreras/orq_acad.htmOrchestra members:http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/isa/carreras/orq_acad_int.htmDate: 9 / June / 2007Place: Facultad de Derecho. City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.Invited Conductor: Lucia ZicosFauré: "Elegy"Soloist -- Chao Xu (Cello)Setlist:1) Tchaikovsky: "Serenade"2) Mussorgsky: "A Night on the Bald Mountain"3) G. Fauré: "Elegy"4) Brahms: "Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn" [ More Detail ]