Wonderful Proms tribute to Ivor proves that his music is still appreciated. The trend for all things "Vintage" has brought a new generation of listeners. For many of us his beautiful music has never gone away. Thanks for this tribute to him.

@JohnRaymondHall

5 жыл бұрын

great that he's being appreciated again - i find the first song here so tender and lovely. and he was so handsome with all that talent!

He appeared to as a beautiful,mysterious Swan. how beautiful this man was...and his acting was so natural. I am sad that I missed out on such an Actor,Musician...etc.Thanx for uploading this video..I enjoyed this information very much...bless you and happy New Year {:~)

@JohnRaymondHall

8 жыл бұрын

+Bella Maria hi Bella! glad you liked this footage as much as i did - i was always amazed at the multitude of talents he had - like, as you say, Paul Swan who i uploaded film of not long ago. have a wonderful 2016! :)))) :>>>>

My mother and aunt were ardent fans of Ivor Novello , attended his musicals , had 78r recordings of his songs . Born in 1937 I grew up on his music , in my youth I was an actor and Ivor Novello was still idolized in the late 50s and early 60s . I guess many people are unaware of the annual Novello awards for song writing and composing . Ivor Novello wrote a vast number of most beautiful songs , some of which I have sung , he and Noel Coward were Britain's greatest song writers . I only ever saw one of his musicals , Perchance To Dream , performed very well by amateurs at Darlington . My guess is that his musicals were very expensive to produce and there might not be sufficient audience to cover the cost . Sadly we live in an ugly age in which beautiful songs are not written or appreciated .

It is sad that a man so idolised in his lifetime has been more or less forgotten. The pathe newsreel of his funeral shows thousands of people lining the street. Perhaps it is time to revive one of his musicals Would they appeal to a modern sudience. As a child I had a singing teacher who had worked with him.

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

hi Louise i agree - i mention him from time to time in conversation and people generally look puzzled, followed by 'who?' his music to me had a period appeal (a sentimentality that is 1920s, 1930s) which i can really enjoy - and there must be others like me - and there was a late night Prom in London at the Royal Albert Hall in 2012 featuring the work of what the Guardian described as " Novello was the most successful British musical theatre composer of the 20th century before the meteoric rise of Andrew Lloyd Webber, and one of the great figures of his time": www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/aug/03/ivor-novello-musicals-simon-callow and Finborough has mounted three of his shows recently: www.maturetimes.co.uk/valley-of-song-an-ivor-novello-musical/ so maybe he will become as well known as he should?

@Jan96106

9 жыл бұрын

He died before I was born. I first heard of him because they used his music throughout the movie Gosford Park, and I loved it. I have since watched the BBC Proms concert in honor of him and loved that as well. I am now an Ivor Novello fan. So he has had a kind of revival, one which I hope continues to grow.

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

Jan96106 hi Jan i can't remember when i first heard of Ivor Novello - i can only recall being attracted to his music and wanting to hear more - and then i heard his voice - one of those you are instantly drawn to, like that of Orson Welles.

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

***** hi John how wonderful to be connected to Ivor Novello - did your grandfather tell you anything about him?

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

***** i know what you mean about some people having 'a sense of greatness' when entering a room - i met Ingrid Bergman after her performance in a play in the West End - 'The Constant Wife' - and the room lit up when she came in. the most memorable line in the play was from another cast member who when asked how one told if one was in love said 'would you use their toothbrush?' yes dementia is very hard for everyone - the person is still there but not all there in a sense.

Yes something mysterious about him. I had never heard of him so extra thanks.

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

his name pops up in so many biographies i felt rather ignorant not knowing at least a bit about him. yes, he does seem mysterious - something held back, a reserve. perhaps, counter-intuitively. he was unsure of his gifts.

He looks handsome and sensitive

@JohnRaymondHall

6 жыл бұрын

yes, doesn't he - and the most beautiful voice

I just discovered your channel through this video of Ivor Novello. What a splendid and generous body of work you have put together. I look forward to exploring your channel in depth. Having read much about the English social life of the period in published diaries, letters, biographies and novels, such as Waugh's and Nancy Mitford's, I came across a lot of mention of Novello, by name or thinly disguised. Somehow Noel Coward has overshadowed Novello but Novello deserves to be remembered and his work deserves to be seen and heard.

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

ascenbach1 hi! my channel initially had just a ballet focus but this then widened to include other things - like Ivor Novello, audio and film recordings of the Bloomsbury Group ... and my dog Gaston! i am also particularly interested in English social life of a certain period (i've never sure quite why!) - so for example Brian Howard and the Bright Young Things. Ivor Novello had a certain fame - and then, as often happens, he seemed out-dated - but now happily there is revival of interest in his music. glad you are liking my channel! be in touch

@ascenbach1

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your response. I am glad that you decided to broaden the scope of your channel. I do love the ballet but I am interested in your other choices, too. I also have been fascinated by the English social scene of that era, initially kindled by Evelyn Waugh's novels. Have you read "Children of the Sun"?

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

ascenbach1 the Max Schaefer novel? no, not yet, but the reviews of this debut make it sound interesting ("The sheer frumpy horror of occult, middle-class British Nazis celebrating Hitler's birthday, for example, is splendidly, hideously believable.") - i was in London up to 1975 when i returned to Australia to go to university and it would be a good read to fill in what do not know about Britain's gay neo-Nazis in the 70s and early 80s. i've been re-reading Isherwood lately - and some Edmund White i re-enjoyed the gay travelogue, as it were, 'States of Desire' - though i don't necessarily read in the past all the time! do either of these authors have a claim on your interest? good to hear from you again.

@ascenbach1

9 жыл бұрын

The book that I was referring to is Children of the Sun: A Narrative of "Decadence" in England After 1918 by Martin Green.I think you will love it. Thanks for the reference and description of the novel of the same name. I will look into it. Sounds very Waugh-ish. I am deeply interested in both White and Isherwood and have read a lot of their works, fiction, autobiographies and essays. My favorite novel of Edmund White that I have read thus far is Caracole. He is such a master of creating both straight-forward narratives and novels that engage all of the senses. Have you read his book of essays and articles The Burning Library? As for Isherwood, I think that A Single Man is one of the masterpieces of 20th Century literature. Christopher and His Kind left a deep impression on me. As a follow up to that I read Stephen Spender's journals. I am also a fan of Auden.

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

ascenbach1 yes, i thought i might have the wrong book and author. thanks for the recommendation for Green's 'Children of the Sun ... ' - it sounds exactly on one of my major interests - Brian Howard is there, perhaps the first person who sparked the interest. i'll order a copy from Amazon now. where to begin - we are in some way on the same reading path. Christopher and His Kind was very powerful for me at a time when i was first at university and interested in teasing out my own perhaps disguised to myself motives in my actions - Isherwood spoke to me directly with this book! i agree about A Single Man - did you like the movie? i read White's A Boy's Own Story, again at uni and looking to engage the gay community in literature as well as in life - i'll look out 'The Burning Library' - i'd be interested in reading his no-fiction. i'm a fan of Auden too - as a kid i went to e poetry reading given by Auden and Ginsberg in London - at the end i hovered around the stage as people ventured up to chat to the be-slippered poet but decided he might be finding the attention an unpleasant duty.

thank you and well done for this beautiful hommage

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

thanks darmagnacguitars - since posting this i've realised there's a resurgence of interest in Novello's music which is wonderful.

HE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN EVER TO ME!

@JohnRaymondHall

Жыл бұрын

i agree!

@koosriedijk3872

10 ай бұрын

@@JohnRaymondHall - between 0.27-0.31 you are certainly right, goodness me. When actor Rupert Everett (1959) was young, like in "Another Country"(film 1984), he looked like Ivor Novello, don't you think ?

@JohnRaymondHall

10 ай бұрын

exactly @@koosriedijk3872 the similarities are striking :)

Hi Jan. Good to know others appreciate him. The pathe news clip of his funeral shows how he was loved in his lifetime. I would love to see his musicals revived or maybe a biographical play including his music. Perhaps Jeremy Northam could reprise his role from Gosford Park.

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

yes, Jeremy Northam really captured something of Ivor Novello in the film - and he can sing well enough so he would suit projects like you mention.

I remember this from the old site. Very lovely indeed.

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

yes, i felt it should be here. he was just a legendary name for me but without any detail up till quite recently - one of those cultural gaps that you feel you should fill in. i love the quality of his voice - it's up there with those of Richard Burton and Orson Wells, don't you think?

thank you very much for posting this

@JohnRaymondHall

Жыл бұрын

pleasure :)

I found this wonderful tribute after watching a documentary about the Scole Experiments ("The Afterlife Investigations"). Hoping others visit this very post. Beautiful music. Pax et lux, all. 💫🔭🌌🌟

Love the tea party scene. Hilarious.

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

hi Louise yes, so period - a moment in social history. loved it too!

Many Thanks .

@JohnRaymondHall

Жыл бұрын

pleasure

I love this type of music and theatre. What a treat!

@JohnRaymondHall

5 жыл бұрын

yes, pity it's not in fashion as it was - it really touches and moves me

He was so young when he died. Imagine how much more lovely music he could have written, had he lived to be old.

I'm his forth cousin ^^

@JohnRaymondHall

8 жыл бұрын

lovely to have that connection!

@shivpatel1612

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, amazing! Have you ever watched any of his movies?

@vickyanderson2878

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful man.....I love The Lodger with him in it

@ryfojuan7114

4 жыл бұрын

nah, she's lying

I can see why they cast Jeremy Northiam to play him ,in Gosford Park, there is a strong physical resemblance.....as well as his excellent rendition of Ivor Novello's songs ...

I've recetly discovered Ivor Novello. I've watched four films starring him (silent and talkies) and I think he was a very good actor, talking or not. Though the lack of spanish subtitles, I watched "I lived with you", understanding a good part of it, and besides that I found it very funny and so was him, doing that russian accent and speakings, the body expressions, his voice was cute too. And yes I find he was a very cute and handsome man. I just knew very little about the awards with his name, but I see that's well based. About him considered a sex symbol or so, well, I think I prefer him over Rudolph Valentino.

@JohnRaymondHall

Жыл бұрын

yes, i think he was incredibly attractive too and a very good actor - prefer him over Valentino too

Worth seeking out his commemorative bronze statue in Cardiff by the Millennium Centre. But wrap up well - it's windy!

@JohnRaymondHall

9 жыл бұрын

Tiffin59 will do when i am in that part of the world - i have a down jacket that will keep out the wind. just looked at the statue - like the unconventional backward glance pose, and its obvious meaning.

So forgotten an under appreciated that named a prestigious music award after him.

@JohnRaymondHall

2 жыл бұрын

yes, amazing given his fame in his day

Check out "Benediction" (2021) -- his portrayal is very interesting.

@JohnRaymondHall

Жыл бұрын

thanks - i'll check "Benediction" (2021) out

2:40 you can certainly make out his original Welsh accent there lol. I realise it's meant to be some sort of east European accent but it's definitely more Welsh.

@JohnRaymondHall

2 жыл бұрын

yes, the accent seems to slide between the two

Who was singing in the beginning "My dearest dear"?? thank you.

@koosriedijk3872

10 ай бұрын

It seems it was Julie Bryan, but cann't find when she was active (when born, when passed away, anyone? ) Was she a dancer as well? But certainly an attractive voice!

@JohnRaymondHall

10 ай бұрын

it is Ivor Novello himself - he also wrote the song with Christopher Hassall - a man of multi talents

@koosriedijk3872

10 ай бұрын

@@JohnRaymondHall John I meant the lady-singer after 0.42 ! That was Julie Bryan. Very little to be found of her .

@JohnRaymondHall

10 ай бұрын

oh, i see - thanks for clarifying @@koosriedijk3872 yes, there is very little about of Julie Bryan - mainly the songs with Novello secondhandsongs.com/artist/52520+78121+78362+92662/all

@JohnRaymondHall

10 ай бұрын

and she worked in the film 'Chu-Chin-Chow' 1934 (which i have) @@koosriedijk3872 www.amazon.com/Vocal-Gems-chu-Chin-Chow/dp/B0BZ6BPKVS/ref=sr_1_4?qid=1694684416&refinements=p_32%3AJulie+Bryan&s=music&sr=1-4