Opening lines

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Mon 18 Feb, 2008 12:17 am

Little bit of a tease for you all ......... Below are three opening lines from, well from what and what connects them with the city of Leeds?"Behold, the sea itself.And on its limitless heaving breast, the ships;..........""Thus spake Isaiah:Thy sons that thou shalt beget........... ""And did those feet in ancient time walk upon England’s mountains green......... "No prizes, other than a sense of smug satisfaction if you can sort it out!PS the third is the easiest to identify but the link with Leeds is the least obvious

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 18 Feb, 2008 12:44 am

1st one: Part of "A Sea Symphony" conducted by Ralph Williams for the first time at the Leeds Festival 19102nd one: Belshazzar's Feast, by William Walton, again first performed at the Leeds Festival, this time in 1931, October 8th.3rd one:"And did those feet in Ancient Time" now known as the famous "Jerusalem" originally a short poem, - William Blake, and was famously performed at the Leeds Festival with the arrangement by Elgar in 1922.

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Mon 18 Feb, 2008 9:10 pm

LS1Spot on ........ trust you are feeling suitably smug!Was reminded of the VW's Sea Symphony premiere in the excellent and highly recommended Tony Palmer bio-pic of Vaughan Williams life, 'O thou transcendent' :http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thou-Transcende ... 00118DQX8I think VW also debuted his choral work, 'Toward the Unknown' region at the Town Hall

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 19 Feb, 2008 11:03 pm

Wow fantastic chaps,love Vaugh Williams.Still,you are both smug(hee hee),ok bl**dy clever then,