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The Hoffnung Music Festivals were a series of three humorous classical music festivals held in Royal Festival Hall, London in 1956, 1958 and 1961 (and a reprise in 1988). They were created by cartoonist and amateur tuba player Gerard Hoffnung. They included works such as Haydn's ''Surprise Symphony'' 'with extra surprises' added by Donald Swann, an 'excerpt from ''Belshazzar's Feast, with full orchestra and chorus conducted by William Walton himself (with a fly swat), which turned out to consist of just a single chord with the word "Slain!", and humorous works specially commissioned from well-known composers of the day. ==1956 concert== The 1956 concert was recorded, and is available in the American market on Angel Records 35500. Music from The Hoffnung Music Festival Concert, Royal Festival Hall, London. An Extravagant Evening of Symphonic Caricature devised by Gerald Hoffnung, Producer: Sam Wanamaker, Organizer: John Amis. It was recorded at the concert, 13 November 1956, by EMI and released in the U.S. by Angel Records. The liner notes list the programme: :Introduction by T. E. Bean, General Manager of the Royal Festival Hall :Fanfare by Francis Baines :A Grand Grand Overture by Malcolm Arnold :Concerto for Hose-pipe and Strings (3rd Movement only) by Leopold Mozart :Concerto Popolare (a Piano Concerto to end all Piano Concertos) by Franz Reizenstein :Andante from 'Surprise' Symphony in G major ( B. & H. 94) by Haydn (arr. Donald Leonard Swann) :Gerard Hoffnung introduces Mazurka No. 49 in A minor, Op. 58, No. 2 by Chopin (arr. Daniel Abrams for tuba quartet) :Lochinvar by Humphrey Searle for Speakers and Percussion (words by Sir Walter Scott) :Variations on 'Annie Laurie' by Gordon Jacob: Tema: Alerto, ma non troppo. Variations: Poco Inglesemente; Molto Zingaresemente; Alla Gigolo; Finale; Assai.〔''Hoffnung's Music Festivals'', CD reissue, liner notes, EMI Records No. CMS 7633022, 1989〕 The liner notes were written by John Amis, one of the organizers of the event. He wrote that it was called the Crazy Concert by the London newspapers, and that all 3000-odd seats were sold within two hours of the opening of the box office, breaking all records for Royal Festival Hall at that time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hoffnung Music Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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