Sir Hamilton Harty Archive
Harty and Monteux conduct BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Overtures and Marches – Pristine Audio
Berlioz shines in these outstanding historic recordings from the 1930s!
The Music Treasury for 16 September 2018—Sir Hamilton Harty, Conductor/Composer
This week’s show of The Music Treasury will feature works of conductor Sir Hamilton Harty, from the first half of the last century. The show will air from 19:00 to 21:00 on Sunday, 16 September, and will be hosted as always by Dr Gary Lemco. The show may be heard from its host station, KZSU, or streamed live from kzsu.stanford.edu. Sir Hamilton Harty (1877-1941), conductor and composer Harty was born in Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland, the fourth of ten children of an Anglican (Church of Ireland) church organist, William Michael Harty (1852–1918), and his wife, Annie Elizabeth. Harty’s father taught him the viola, the piano and counterpoint, and, at the age of 12, he followed his father’s profession and was appointed organist of Magheracoll Church, County Antrim. Harty took further posts in his teenage years as a church organist in Belfast and Bray. While in Bray, he came under the influence of Michele Esposito, professor of piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, who encouraged him to pursue a career as a piano accompanist. As Bray is only 12 miles from Dublin, Harty was able to go into the city to hear an orchestra for the first time in his […]
Audio News for July 1, 2016
Sennheiser Looking to Have Own Stores in India – Sennheiser is exploring options to up company-owned stores in India in addition to their five company-owned stores globally. They are talking to the government to relax their 30% local sourcing norm as Sennheiser makes products involving cutting edge technology. This may also pave the way for Apple to set up its own stores in the country, and even Chinese smartphone maker LeEco has applied for relaxation from sourcing for its stores. Celebration of Irish Composers Neglects Women and Composers Under 30 – The Festival Composing the Island runs from September 7th thru the 25th, extends to seven orchestral concerts and 20 concerts of vocal, chamber, instrumental and choral music. A chronological trajectory thru the orchestral concerts is being used, starting with a 1927 Symphony No. 1 by Ina Boyle. The name of Charles V. Stanford crops up most frequently with 11 works represented including six of his songs. Other composers whose profile is raised by songs are Sir Hamilton Harty, Herbert Hughes and Philip Martin. New Study Shows People Can Hear the Difference in Hi-Res Audio – According to a new study from Queen Mary University of London, listeners can hear […]
W.H. Squire, cello = Works of ELGAR, SAINT-AENS, HANDEL, WAGNER, MOZART, POPPER, BACH, ETC. – With Sir Hamilton Harty, cond. – Pristine Audio
“Old school” cello performances by a ’20s cellist often compared to Casals.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major “Eroica”; Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major – New Queen’s Hall Orch./ Sir Henry Wood/ Halle Orch./ Sir Hamilton Harty – Pristine Audio
The British complement of Beethoven interpreters for the 1927 Centennial Series concludes with grandly wrought performances of the Eroica and B-flat Symphonies.
Conductor Sir Hamilton Harty = SMETANA: The Bartered Bride Ov.; DVORAK: Carnival Ove.; Symphony No. 9; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 & 6; DVORAK: Slavonic Dance No. 1 – London Philharmonic Orch./ Halle Orch./ Sir Hamilton Harty/Myra Hess and Hamilton Harty, piano duet – Pristine Audio
These energized inscriptions from Hamilton Harty convince us that his approach to music-making rivaled his more flamboyant contemporaries: Stokowski, Fried, and Mengelberg.
WILLIAM WALTON: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Siesta – BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins – Hyperion Records
A very successful pairing of William Walton’s symphonies from Hyperion.
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