During the Second World War he served as an officer in the British Army, and was decorated with the Military Cross for his actions during the Battle of Normandy. His elder son, Jonathan Willcocks, is also a composer.
Biography
Born in Newquay in Cornwall, Willcocks began his musical training as a chorister at Westminster Abbey from 1929 to 1934. From 1934 to 1938, he was a music scholar at Clifton College, Bristol, before his appointment as organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge. There, in 1939, he met David Briggs, a choral scholar (bass). Willcocks and Briggs would later be colleagues at King's, from 1959 to 1974, as Organist and Master of the Choristers, respectively.
Riders to the Sea is a play written by Irish Literary Renaissance playwright John Millington Synge. It was first performed on 25 February 1904 at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, by the Irish National Theater Society. A one-act tragedy, the play is set in the Aran Island, Inishmaan, and like all of Synge's plays it is noted for capturing the poetic dialogue of rural Ireland. The plot is based not on the traditional conflict of human wills but on the hopeless struggle of a people against the impersonal but relentless cruelty of the sea.
Background
In 1897, J. M. Synge was encouraged by his friend and colleague William Butler Yeats to visit the Aran islands. He went on to spend the summers from 1898 to 1903 there. While on the Aran island of Inishmaan, Synge heard the story of a man from Inishmaan whose body washed up on the shore of the island of Donegal, which inspired Riders to the Sea.
Riders to the Sea is written in the dialect of the Aran islands: Hyberno-English. (Synge's use of native Irish/Gaelic language is part of the Irish Literary Renaissance, a period when Irish literature looked to encourage pride and nationalism in Ireland.)
Riders to the Sea is a British film shot in 1935 in Ireland. It is based on 1904 play of the same name, written by John Millington Synge. It was directed by Brian Desmond Hurst with Sara Allgood and Denis Johnston in the title roles. A story in a fishing community in a West of Ireland, Maurya loses her husband and her sons at the sea.
David (Bulgarian:Давид) (died 976) was a Bulgarian noble, brother of Emperor Samuel and eldest son of komes Nicholas. After the disastrous invasion of Rus' armies and the fall of North-eastern Bulgaria under Byzantine occupation in 971, he and his three younger brothers took the lead of the defence of the country. They executed their power together and each of them governed and defended a separate region. He ruled the southern-most parts of the realm from Prespa and Kastoria and was responsible for the defence the dangerous borders with Thessalonica and Thessaly. In 976 he participated in the major assault against the Byzantine Empire but was killed by vagrant Vlachs between Prespa and Kostur.
Family tree
Another theory
However, there's also another version about David’s origin. David gains the title "comes" during his service in the Byzantine army which recruited many Armenians from the Eastern region of the empire. The 11th-century historian Stepanos Asoghik wrote that Samuel had one brother, and they were Armenians from the district Derjan. This version is supported by the historians Nicholas Adontz, Jordan Ivanov, and Samuil's Inscription where it’s said that Samuel’s brother is David. Also, the historians Yahya and Al Makin clearly distinguish the race of Samuel and David (the Comitopouli) from the one of Moses and Aaron (the royal race):
David (Spanish pronunciation:[daˈβið]) officially San José de David is a city and corregimiento located in the west of Panama. It is the capital of the province of Chiriquí and has an estimated population of 144,858 inhabitants as confirmed in 2013. It is a relatively affluent city with a firmly established, dominant middle class and a very low unemployment and poverty index. The Pan-American Highway is a popular route to David.
The development of the banking sector, public construction works such as the expansion of the airport and the David-Boquete highway alongside the growth of commercial activity in the city have increased its prominence as one of the fastest growing regions in the country. The city is currently the economic center of the Chiriqui province and produces more than half the gross domestic product of the province, which totals 2.1 billion. It is known for being the third-largest city in the country both in population and by GDP and for being the largest city in Western Panama.
David is a life-size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The sculpture was one of many commissions to decorate the villa of Bernini's patron Cardinal Scipione Borghese– where it still resides today, as part of the Galleria Borghese It was completed in the course of seven months from 1623 to 1624.
The subject of the work is the biblical David, about to throw the stone that will bring down Goliath, which will allow David to behead him. Compared to earlier works on the same theme (notably the David of Michelangelo), the sculpture broke new ground in its implied movement and its psychological intensity.
Background
Between 1618 and 1625 Bernini was commissioned to undertake various sculptural work for the villa of one of his patrons, Cardinal Scipione Borghese. In 1623 – only yet 24 years old – he was working on the sculpture of Apollo and Daphne, when, for unknown reasons, he abandoned this project to start work on the David. According to records of payment, Bernini had started on the sculpture by mid–1623, and his contemporary biographer, Filippo Baldinucci, states that he finished it in seven months.
This edition, hosted by Sue Lawley, was broadcast on 17 May 1998 and featured Sir David Willcocks, formerly Organist & Choirmaster of King’s College Cambridge.
The BBC radio series “Desert Island Discs” was created by presenter Roy Plumley in 1942 and has been running ever since. At the time of writing, its current presenter is Kirsty Young. The format is simple: each week’s guest chooses eight records they would take with them if they were to be stranded on a desert island.
published: 18 Oct 2016
BBC Choral Evensong: King’s College Cambridge 1971 (David Willcocks)
Live radio broadcast from the chapel of King’s College Cambridge, 12 May 1971, with the chapel choir, directed by David Willcocks and accompanied by organ scholar Ian Hare.
Introit: When the Lord turned again (Adrian Batten)
Psalms 65, 66, 67 (Smart, Atkins, Bairstow)
Lessons: Genesis 22 vv 1-13; Peter 1 vv 3-9 & 22-25
Canticles: Francis Jackson in G
Anthem: Ecce vicit Leo (Peter Philips)
Hymn: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (“St Fulbert”)
published: 25 Jul 2020
David Willcocks - Adeste fideles
Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, with the Rite of Episcopal Ordination
Vatican Basilica, 6 January 2013
Santa Messa nella Solennità dell'Epifania del Signore, con il rito di Ordinazione Episcopale
Basilica Vaticana, 6 gennaio 2013
David Willcocks - Adeste fideles
Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina, Palestrina Choir - Dublin
This edition, hosted by Sue Lawley, was broadcast on 17 May 1998 and featured Sir David Willcocks, formerly Organist & Choirmaster of King’s College Cambridge.
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This edition, hosted by Sue Lawley, was broadcast on 17 May 1998 and featured Sir David Willcocks, formerly Organist & Choirmaster of King’s College Cambridge.
The BBC radio series “Desert Island Discs” was created by presenter Roy Plumley in 1942 and has been running ever since. At the time of writing, its current presenter is Kirsty Young. The format is simple: each week’s guest chooses eight records they would take with them if they were to be stranded on a desert island.
This edition, hosted by Sue Lawley, was broadcast on 17 May 1998 and featured Sir David Willcocks, formerly Organist & Choirmaster of King’s College Cambridge.
The BBC radio series “Desert Island Discs” was created by presenter Roy Plumley in 1942 and has been running ever since. At the time of writing, its current presenter is Kirsty Young. The format is simple: each week’s guest chooses eight records they would take with them if they were to be stranded on a desert island.
Live radio broadcast from the chapel of King’s College Cambridge, 12 May 1971, with the chapel choir, directed by David Willcocks and accompanied by organ schol...
Live radio broadcast from the chapel of King’s College Cambridge, 12 May 1971, with the chapel choir, directed by David Willcocks and accompanied by organ scholar Ian Hare.
Introit: When the Lord turned again (Adrian Batten)
Psalms 65, 66, 67 (Smart, Atkins, Bairstow)
Lessons: Genesis 22 vv 1-13; Peter 1 vv 3-9 & 22-25
Canticles: Francis Jackson in G
Anthem: Ecce vicit Leo (Peter Philips)
Hymn: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (“St Fulbert”)
Live radio broadcast from the chapel of King’s College Cambridge, 12 May 1971, with the chapel choir, directed by David Willcocks and accompanied by organ scholar Ian Hare.
Introit: When the Lord turned again (Adrian Batten)
Psalms 65, 66, 67 (Smart, Atkins, Bairstow)
Lessons: Genesis 22 vv 1-13; Peter 1 vv 3-9 & 22-25
Canticles: Francis Jackson in G
Anthem: Ecce vicit Leo (Peter Philips)
Hymn: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (“St Fulbert”)
Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, with the Rite of Episcopal Ordination
Vatican Basilica, 6 January 2013
Santa Messa nella Solennità dell...
Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, with the Rite of Episcopal Ordination
Vatican Basilica, 6 January 2013
Santa Messa nella Solennità dell'Epifania del Signore, con il rito di Ordinazione Episcopale
Basilica Vaticana, 6 gennaio 2013
David Willcocks - Adeste fideles
Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina, Palestrina Choir - Dublin
Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, with the Rite of Episcopal Ordination
Vatican Basilica, 6 January 2013
Santa Messa nella Solennità dell'Epifania del Signore, con il rito di Ordinazione Episcopale
Basilica Vaticana, 6 gennaio 2013
David Willcocks - Adeste fideles
Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina, Palestrina Choir - Dublin
This edition, hosted by Sue Lawley, was broadcast on 17 May 1998 and featured Sir David Willcocks, formerly Organist & Choirmaster of King’s College Cambridge.
The BBC radio series “Desert Island Discs” was created by presenter Roy Plumley in 1942 and has been running ever since. At the time of writing, its current presenter is Kirsty Young. The format is simple: each week’s guest chooses eight records they would take with them if they were to be stranded on a desert island.
Live radio broadcast from the chapel of King’s College Cambridge, 12 May 1971, with the chapel choir, directed by David Willcocks and accompanied by organ scholar Ian Hare.
Introit: When the Lord turned again (Adrian Batten)
Psalms 65, 66, 67 (Smart, Atkins, Bairstow)
Lessons: Genesis 22 vv 1-13; Peter 1 vv 3-9 & 22-25
Canticles: Francis Jackson in G
Anthem: Ecce vicit Leo (Peter Philips)
Hymn: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (“St Fulbert”)
Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, with the Rite of Episcopal Ordination
Vatican Basilica, 6 January 2013
Santa Messa nella Solennità dell'Epifania del Signore, con il rito di Ordinazione Episcopale
Basilica Vaticana, 6 gennaio 2013
David Willcocks - Adeste fideles
Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina, Palestrina Choir - Dublin
During the Second World War he served as an officer in the British Army, and was decorated with the Military Cross for his actions during the Battle of Normandy. His elder son, Jonathan Willcocks, is also a composer.
Biography
Born in Newquay in Cornwall, Willcocks began his musical training as a chorister at Westminster Abbey from 1929 to 1934. From 1934 to 1938, he was a music scholar at Clifton College, Bristol, before his appointment as organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge. There, in 1939, he met David Briggs, a choral scholar (bass). Willcocks and Briggs would later be colleagues at King's, from 1959 to 1974, as Organist and Master of the Choristers, respectively.
"Aw, you up against it now mother fuckers! You think you're big time?! You gonna fucking die! Big time! You ready?! Here come the pain!"- Al Pachino 'Carlito's Way' Waiting for my heart to stop, I hear it beating in the dark, It keeps me up here, where I lay. A constant source of agrivation for an overactive imagination, Keeps me awake, here where I lay. I.... will wait. I will I will wait! Sizing up a brand new rope, to use it now would be a joke, To hang me up here, where I wait. Turning on the light that blinds me, to make it easier to find me, And light me up here, where I wait. I.... will wait! I will I will wait! (Not the smell of mercy on me!) Erase the pain of what I know, Not the smell of mercy on me! (Not the smell of mercy on me!)I'm reaching down into a new high in lows!Not the smell of mercy on me! Hey hey hey hey, Whats been doin' where ya comin' from? Hey hey hey, Where you been hiding? been missing more than some. Took a ride when I should'a walked, Got there way to fast. Should'a listened 'stead of talked, First become the last. Waiting for my heart to stop, I hear it beating in the dark, It keeps me up here, where I wait. But I... will wait. I will I will wait! (4 again) Not the smell of mercy on me! (new high in lows!)