In 1942, while serving as a lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps,[2] Heming was killed in action at the battle of El Alamein.[3][4] Upon the return home of his personal effects, his mother discovered musical sketches Heming had written during and after his voyage to Africa. Percy Heming showed the sketches to Barbirolli, who engaged the composer and conductor Anthony Vincent Collins to edit the sketches into a work called Threnody for a Soldier Killed in Action.
The work was premiered at Sheffield City Hall, by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Barbirolli, on 14 January 1944, which would have been Heming's 24th birthday.[5] In 1945 Barbirolli recorded the piece on HMV with the Hallé Orchestra.[6]Royalton Kisch, a schoolfriend at Wellington College who had also served in the same regiment as Heming, performed the piece many times in Italy and Athens in 1944–45, the first time being the performance on 12 December 1944 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.[7] The piece received many further performances over the next few years, although it has been largely forgotten since.
ReferencesEdit
^Michael Heming Collection, Royal Academy of Music
michael, heming, michael, savage, heming, january, 1920, november, 1942, british, composer, percy, alfred, heming, well, known, baritone, joyce, savage, educated, wellington, college, berkshire, heming, went, study, conducting, royal, academy, music, slated, b. Michael Savage Heming 14 January 1920 3 November 1942 was a British composer He was the son of Percy Alfred Heming a well known baritone and Joyce Savage Educated at Wellington College in Berkshire Heming went on to study conducting at the Royal Academy of Music and was slated to become a student assistant of John Barbirolli 1 In 1942 while serving as a lieutenant in the King s Royal Rifle Corps 2 Heming was killed in action at the battle of El Alamein 3 4 Upon the return home of his personal effects his mother discovered musical sketches Heming had written during and after his voyage to Africa Percy Heming showed the sketches to Barbirolli who engaged the composer and conductor Anthony Vincent Collins to edit the sketches into a work called Threnody for a Soldier Killed in Action The work was premiered at Sheffield City Hall by the Halle Orchestra conducted by Barbirolli on 14 January 1944 which would have been Heming s 24th birthday 5 In 1945 Barbirolli recorded the piece on HMV with the Halle Orchestra 6 Royalton Kisch a schoolfriend at Wellington College who had also served in the same regiment as Heming performed the piece many times in Italy and Athens in 1944 45 the first time being the performance on 12 December 1944 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples 7 The piece received many further performances over the next few years although it has been largely forgotten since References Edit Michael Heming Collection Royal Academy of Music London Gazette 5 July 1940 Royal Academy of Music Memorials CWGC entry Time Magazine 24 January 1944 HMV C 3427 YouTube Programmes consulted of all Royalton Kisch s concerts in his family s possession This article about a British composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Heming amp oldid 1083138715, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
