For the first time available to the general public in digital format are five select piano recordings from Hubert Parry’s Scenes from Prometheus Unbound (1880), an orchestral choral cantata based on Percy Shelley's lyrical drama. The music was created and recorded by the talented musician, Jennifer Castleton. Included among these resources is an overview of the project by its organizer, Omar F. Miranda (University of San Francisco), a digital copy of Parry’s libretto from his 1880 work, an original musical composition by Castleton of Percy Shelley’s “Life of Life” hymn from Prometheus Unbound, and an interview with Castleton (conducted by Omar F. Miranda) on becoming familiar with Parry's music and its original style. Sponsored by the Romantics Bicentennials collaboration between the Keats-Shelley Association of America and the Byron Society of America, this project commemorates both the bicentenary of Percy Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound and the 140th anniversary of Parry’s music.
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For the first time available to the general public in digital format are five select piano recordings from Hubert Parry’s Scenes from Prometheus Unbound (1880), an orchestral choral cantata based on Percy Shelley's lyrical drama. The music was created and recorded by the talented musician, Jennifer Castleton. Included among these resources is an overview of the project by its organizer, Omar F.
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The transcript of an interview with Jennifer Castleton, conducted by Omar F. Miranda.
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Listen to Jennifer Castleton's piano recordings.
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A series of choral works that Parry wrote for the Gloucester Festival in 1880.
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Originally Published Date: 1880