Author: Derek Blyth

Derek studied music at the Universities of Aberdeen and Durham. He saw his first Ring Cycle in the early 1970s and has been passionate about Wagner ever since. Having given many talks to and led many study days for the Manchester Wagner Society, they invited him to be Vice-President in 2014 and then to be President in 2018. He has always aimed to be and active office bearer, not just a figurehead.
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Opus Metaphysicum: an empty phrase

Derek Blyth

Opus Metaphysicum:  Event Cancelled. Owing to a family bereavement, this event has been cancelled Michael Fend studied Musicology (with Carl Dahlhaus), German Literature and Philosophy at the TU and FU Berlin.Before joining King’s College London in 1993, he taught at the Universities of Aberdeen and Nottingham and was a fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the… Continue reading Opus Metaphysicum: an empty phrase

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Elgar’s Oratorios as Wagnerian Music Drama

Derek Blyth

Elgar's Oratorios as Wagnerian Music Drama The young Edward Elgar was a passionate devotee of Wagnerian music drama, to a degree unusual in the conservative musical atmosphere of Victorian England. Michael’s lecture will explore some of the connections between Wagner and Elgar’s own work, with particular reference to his turn-of-the-century oratorios, The Apostles and The… Continue reading Elgar’s Oratorios as Wagnerian Music Drama