In a 1991 study of all 76 complete Messiahs recorded by that date, the writer Teri Noel Towe called this version of Beecham's " one of a handful of truly stellar performances ".

Beecham's version of the opera recorded for the film was released on CD by SOMM Recordings, a classical music label, as part of their Beecham Collection.

The following season he was able to engage joint principals for the wind section ; he recruited such star players as Jack Brymer and Terence MacDonagh, formerly members of Beecham's celebrated " Royal Family " in the RPO.

Among the last notable recordings of older-style performances were Beecham's final, extravagantly reorchestrated version made for RCA in 1959 ; one conducted by Karl Richter for DG in 1973, though it used authentic orchestration ; and a third based on Prout's 1902 edition of the score, with a 325-voice choir and 90-piece orchestra conducted by Sir David Willcocks in 1995.

Beecham's presentation of A Mass of Life at the Queen's Hall in June 1909 did not inspire Hans Haym, who had come from Elberfeld for the concert, though Beecham says that many professional and amateur musicians thought it " the most impressive and original achievement of its genre written in the last fifty years " Some reviewers, nevertheless, doubted the popular appeal of Delius's music, while others were more specifically hostile.

In 1916 his millionaire father died and Beecham's financial affairs became too complicated for any further musical philanthropy on his part.

During the next eight years, the LPO appeared nearly a hundred times at the Queen's Hall for the Royal Philharmonic Society alone, played for Beecham's opera seasons at Covent Garden, and made more than 300 gramophone records.

He had been Sir Thomas Beecham's assistant at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, before World War II, and, assuming that he and Beecham would be in charge there again after the war, Legge planned to establish a first-class orchestra for opera, concerts and recordings.

From its earliest days to the end of Beecham's life, the RPO made numerous recordings for Columbia Records, RCA Victor, and EMI under his baton.

" To earn passage to India, Roerich worked as a stage designer for Thomas Beecham's Covent Garden Theatre, but the enterprise collapsed in 1920, and the artist never received full payment for his work.

Although Heseltine's enthusiasm for Delius's music was diminished, he accepted Beecham's assignment, and travelled to Grez in search of forgotten compositions that could be resurrected for the festival.

At Beecham's instigation he took on the musical side of ENSA, arranging concerts for British troops all over the world, and securing the services of musicians such as Solomon, Sir Adrian Boult and John Barbirolli.

The new director general, Sir William Haley, was unwilling to approve the funding needed to keep the orchestra competitive with new rivals – Walter Legge's Philharmonia and Beecham's Royal Philharmonic.

Beecham's second recording of the work, in 1947, " led the way towards more truly Handelian rhythms and speeds ", according to the critic Alan Blyth.

In that year, Cassirer conducted some concerts in London, at one of which, with Beecham's New Symphony Orchestra, he presented Appalachia.

With Beecham's return the composer became, in Hadley's words, " what his most fervent admirers had never envisaged — a genuine popular success.

" Hadley cites, in particular, the six-day Delius festival at the Queen's Hall in 1929 under Beecham's general direction, in the presence of the composer in his bath-chair.

After Delius's death Beecham continued to promote his works ; a second festival was held in 1946, and a third ( after Beecham's death ) at Bradford in 1962, to celebrate the centenary of Delius's birth.

As stipulated in Jelka's will, the Trust operated largely under Beecham's direction.

After Beecham's death in 1961 advisers were appointed to assist the trustees, and in 1979 its administration was taken over by the Musicians ' Benevolent Fund.

Fenby recounts that on his first day in Grez, Jelka played Beecham's First Cuckoo recording.

During Beecham's absence, the orchestra was often conducted by Richard Tauber.

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In 1960 he conducted Beecham's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing " feats of wizardry " in works by Beethoven, Debussy and Hindemith.

After Beecham's death, the orchestra reorganised itself as a self-governing limited company and soon encountered difficulties.

For example, Beecham's Pills ( identified as containing only aloes, ginger and soap, but claiming to cure 31 medical conditions ) were still on sale in 1997.

Heseltine declined an offer from Beecham to participate in the latter's English Opera Company, writing that Beecham's productions and choices of works were increasingly poor and lacking in artistic value ; his own venture would not compromise by pandering to the tastes of the mob.

" Rand's former protégé Nathaniel Branden referred to Rand's " especially powerful appeal to the young ," while Onkar Ghate of the Ayn Rand Institute said Rand " appeals to the idealism of youth.

Amidst internal divisions, FIFA's secretary-general Blatter's deputy and former protégé Michel Zen-Ruffinen drew up a 30-page dossier outlining allegations of financial mismanagement within the organisation.

The former Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China member Luo Gan, is considered to be his protégé.

After some years of weak government by Louis's favorites, the King made Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, a former protégé of his mother, the chief minister of France in 1624.

When Schleicher brought down Groener in May 1932, Groener made a point in his resignation speech of praising Raeder for his " correct " behaviour as opposed to Army officers like former protégé Schleicher who had undermined his leadership and plotted against him.

Pétain's actions during World War II resulted in his conviction and death sentence for treason, which was commuted to life imprisonment by his former protégé Charles de Gaulle.

Despite his stalwart devotion to the young emperor and his mother the empress Anna of Savoy, his friendship with the late emperor had aroused both the jealousy of the Patriarch of Constantinople and his former protégé Alexios Apokaukos, and the paranoia of the empress who suspected him to be an usurper.

Samuel Pepys spent the last two years of his life in Clapham, living with his friend, protégé at the Admiralty and former servant William Hewer, until his death in 1703.

Included among De Leon's most distinguished citizens are former Texas Speaker of the House and later Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, a protégé of John B. Connally and Lyndon B. Johnson, and the 1955 Pulitzer Prize winner William White, whose The Taft Story focuses upon Republican presidential contender Robert A. Taft.

Rocky gets back up and, utilizing his vast street fighting knowledge, is able to knock out his former protégé.

In addition, Brooke had spoken to his former protégé Ritchie and various other senior officers whom he knew personally from his days with the horse artillery and had come to the conclusion that Dorman-Smith was acting as an evil genius over Auchinleck: " I was beginning to be suspicious that " Chink Dorman-Smith, one of his staff officers, was beginning to exercise far too much influence on him ( Auchinleck ).

This is only the first of many works that Isou will write against Debord ( his former protégé ) and the Situationist International, which Isou regards as a neo-Nazi organisation.

She has written a number of journals for Newtype magazine of which photos for illustrations are done by Kanno herself as well, and a selection of photos taken by Kanno of her protégé and former production partner Maaya Sakamoto were featured in the special event program for Sakamoto's 2010 thirtieth birthday concert at Nippon Budokan.

League trophy, under the management of Wenger protégé and former Grampus player Dragan Stojković.

Following his departure from the series in Season 5, former Marine Danny McCoy ( Josh Duhamel ), Ed's former protégé, became the Montecito's new President of Operations.

" A short prison sentence might be considered a victory for Mr. Putin ’ s protégé, President Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former law professor who is thought of as less of a hard-liner.

One of Wade's opponents in this election was his former prime minister Idrissa Seck, who was once considered Wade's protégé, but was arrested in 2005.

He lost all of his property except his heavily mortgaged personal residence, and only the intervention of his friend and former protégé, Clarence Darrow, saved him from complete financial ruin.

She is also a former protégé of Bill's, and was present at the wedding chapel massacre.

Sam Waterston and Ned Beatty play Cutter and Myerson, Kendig's protégé and his obnoxious, incompetent, and profane former boss, respectively, and are repeatedly foiled in their attempts to capture him and stop the publication of the damaging memoir.

Yaskov tells Cutter ( Waterston ), a former protégé of Kendig's and friend who has been tasked to pursue him, finding out that he is in London.

The chief minister and his former protégé, Hama, and Ayushiridara, with the support of the empress Öljei Khutughu, accused him of corruption and violation of law while he was fighting the Red Turban Rebellion in 1354.

Cutaway scenes between Stewart, Alder, and the police gradually inform the viewer that Randall's former protégé is now trying to frame Will in an attempt to get his job back.