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Vienna Composers Big Band - 18.01.2024 - Jazzit Musik Club Salzburg
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Besetzung:
Marek Stibor: Trompete;
Stephan Hack:Trompete;
Lorenz Widauer: Trompete;
Max Wintersperger: Trompete;
Daniele Giaramita: Posaune;
Clemens Scheibenreif: Posaune;
Nikolaj Wolf: Posaune;
Frederik Abel: Posaune;
Anna Keller: Saxophon;
Adonis Athineos: Saxophon;
Stephan Lerchbaumer: Saxophon;
Stefan Eitzenberger: Saxophon;
Sára Hoffer: Saxophon;
Wanja Rosenthal: Gitarre;
Bálint Banyó: Piano;
Tjan Šoštarič: Bass;
Raffael Auer: Drums;
Jonas Friesel; Künstlerische Leitung / Dirigat;
Jordi Roviró: Künstlerische Leitung / Dirigat;
Lensbaby Composer + 0.6X Wide Angle/Macro Conversion Lens - Thanks to lensbaby for providing me with this adaptor for free!
one of a series i'm working on of favorite composers, this is franz liszt. have been unable to find a high res photo of the painting of beethoven i would like to use and was quite glad to come across one for liszt.
i popped off a few shots with my XTi and the LensBaby composer at my shoot with musician Jesse Tucker. thought this one was kinda cool.
Five years after the tragic event in #Tohoku region in Japan, the Japanese pianist and composer Ishihara Ko-ta during rehearsal, preparing to the concert and performance Fukushima Tree.
Japoński pianista i kompozytor Ishihara Ko-ta, przygotowuje się do przedstawienia Fukushima Tree, wystawionego we Wrocławiu, dokładnie 5 lat po tragicznych wydarzeniach w japońskim regionie Tohoku.
Wrocław, 11.3.2016/Fot. Wojciech Tomanik
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#tohoku #revival #fukushima #jpn #jp #fujifilm #xt1 #1855 #instagramjapan #fujixlovers #fujifeed #hinomaru #日の丸 #japanese_portraits
I ordered a lensbaby and I'm not sure if I should keep it or send it back. What's your opinion or experience with lensbabies?
Strange times, indeed.
I watch from my windowless room.
Strange times, indeed.
I watch a caged creature be freed.
It's hold your breath, or breathe your doom.
In good time, it's safe to assume.
Strange times indeed.
Composer of today's rarely heard and played addition to Billy organ practice playlist: Fantasy in G. Listen to a performance by David Lamb using the Hauptwerk version of the Hereford Cathedral Father Willis organ: www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/35556
Reményi Ede
(eredeti nevén Hoffmann Ede)
Miskolc, 1828. január 17. – San Francisco, 1898. május 15.
zeneszerző, hegedűművész.
Ede Reményi or Eduard Reményi
(Hungarian name order: Reményi Ede)
(January 17, 1828 – May 15, 1898)
was a Hungarian violinist and composer.
Reményi was born in Miskolc, Hungary, as Eduard Hoffmann. He studied under Joseph Böhm at the Vienna Conservatory from 1842 to 1845. Banished from Austria for participation in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, he went to Germany, where he befriended the 15-year-old Johannes Brahms and introduced him to Hungarian music. Pursued by German authorities, he fled to the United States, where for four years he led the life of an itinerant player. He returned to Europe in 1852, toured with Brahms in 1853, and then sojourned for a time at Weimar, where he received the benefit of Franz Liszt's instruction and friendship. In 1854 he became solo violinist to Britain's Queen Victoria. He obtained his amnesty in 1860 and returned to Hungary, being soon afterward appointed soloist to Emperor Franz Joseph. He then retired for some years.
In 1865 he made a brilliant tour through France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. From 1871 to 1877 he was in Paris, whence two years later he proceeded to London and then to the United States (where he took up residence), Canada, and Mexico. A concert tour round the world was undertaken by him in 1886, in the course of which he visited Japan, China, Cochin-China, and the Cape of Good Hope.
He died during a concert he was giving in San Francisco in 1898, aged 70.[1]
Reményi made numerous transcriptions of piano pieces such as Chopin's waltzes, polonaises, and mazurkas, and pieces by Bach, Schubert, and others, all of which were published under the title of "Nouvelle École du Violon". His best original composition is his Violin Concerto.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ede_Rem%C3%A9nyi
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Tanulmányait szülővárosában kezdte, 9 évesen már hangversenyezett. Zenei tanulmányait 1842 és 1845 között folytatta a bécsi konzervatóriumban, Josef Böhmnél. 20 éves korában, Bécsből hazatérve, részt vett a szabadságharcban. Görgei Artúr segédtisztje, majd kedvenc hegedűse lett, emiatt külföldi emigrációba kényszerült a szabadságharc leverése után. Konstantinápolyon, Párizson, Londonon keresztül utazott Amerikába. Képzett hegedűművészként tért vissza Európába, majd rövid idő alatt páratlan karriert futott be. A kor számos kiemelkedő zeneszerzőjével kapcsolatba került, többek közt 1852-53-ban a fiatal Brahmsot magával vitte hangversenyútjaira. 1853-ban kapcsolódott Liszt Ferenc Weimari Társaságához is. 1854-ben egy ideig Londonban élt, itt Viktória királynő "udvari virtuóz" címmel tüntetett ki, valamint egyben a királynő hegedűsévé is kinevezték. 1855-ben távozott Amerikába, majd öt év után, 1860-ban amnesztiával hazatért.
Ezután másfél évtizeden keresztül központi szereplője a magyar zenei életnek. Az ország különböző városaiban adott hangversenyeket, több nagy jelentőségű alapítványt indított. 1870-ben a Nemzeti Színház intendánsa, báró Orczy István hangversenymesternek szerződtette. Azonban rövid időn belül otthagyta állását, mivel állandó jelleggel hangversenyeket szervezett és rendezett, Ázsiában és Ausztráliában is. Nagy áldozatot hozott a közművelődés terén is: kezdeményezte a gyűjtést a Petőfi-szoboralapra, melynek érdekében koncertkörutat szervezett, s ennek bevételét - mintegy 70 000 aranyforintot - a Petőfi-szobor, és a közben megalakuló Széchenyi-szoboralap részére adományozta. 1875-ben részt vett a budapesti Zeneakadémia megalapításában is. Feleségül vette Fáy Antal lányát, Fáy Gizellát. Külföldre mentek: először Párizsba, majd Londonba, végül 1878 őszén az USA-ban telepedett le véglegesen. Innen már csak koncertutakra jött át Európába, így járt még egyszer Magyarországon is, 1891-ben. A halál egyik san franciscó-i koncertjén, hegedülés közben érte.
Emődön zeneiskola viseli a nevét.
hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rem%C3%A9nyi_Ede
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Reményi Ferenc: Reményi Ede hegedűművész életrajza
1828. január 17-én született Miskolcon a világjáró hegedűművész, Reményi Ede. A XIX. századi magyar zenekultúra utazó nagykövete volt. Ő kezdeményezte a nemzet lelkiismeretét megtestesítő Petőfi-szobor felállítását a pesti Duna-parton, amely - Jókai szavaival élve - „a legcsengőbb ércből van öntve: csupa hegedűszóból készült.”
Reményi a szabadságharcban előbb Klapka, majd Görgey oldalán vett részt. Bátyja, Reményi Antal jogot tanult Egerben és Pesten, és1846-ban szerzett ügyvédi oklevelet.
A szabadságharcban eleinte közhonvédként, végül századosként harcolt, a végsőkig kitartva Klapka tábornok mellett, Komárom várában. A vár átadása után hazája elhagyására kényszerült. Tizenkét évig élt idegenben, rövidebb ideig Angliában, majd az Egyesült Államokban. Több expedícióban, így 1853-ban a Mississippitől nyugatra eső, indiánlakta területek, majd a Panama-földszoros vidékének felderítésében vett részt (lásd Szinnyei: Magyar írók élete és munkái, és Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon). Másik, ide kívánkozó példaként említjük, hogy honvédtisztjeink derekas külföldi helytállásáról tanúskodik a Reményi Antalhoz hasonló sorsra jutott Xantus János esete is, aki 1847-ben kapott ügyvédi oklevelet. A szabadságharcban hadnagyként vett részt, majd elfogták, Königgratz várába zárták, azután osztrák ezredbe sorozták, ahonnan az Egyesült Államokba szökött. Kezdetben Indiana államban, majd Texasban (1853), Kansasban (1855), Dél-Kaliforniában (1857) végzett térképészeti méréseket, és csak 1861-ben jöhetett vissza Magyarországra.
Az amnesztiának köszönhetően Reményi Ede 1860-ban, Antal 1861-ben tért haza. Antal ügyvédként dolgozott, majd Ede külföldi utazásai miatt 1872-től kezébe vette kezébe a Petőfi-szobor ügyét, és ő lett a szobor 1882. október 15-i leleplezése alkalmából kiadott Petőfi-emlékkönyv szerkesztője.
Reményi Antal fia, a nyelveket jól beszélő, tengerésztisztként a világot bejáró Reményi Ferenc ezredes (kiváló zongorista, Lajtha László barátja, egy jelentős Cervantes-tanulmány szerzője) 1926-ban, Reményi Ede születésének 100. évfordulójához közeledve, megírta a hegedűművész életrajzát, akiről szülővárosa 1928-ban nagyszabású ünnepségsorozattal emlékezett meg, de akkor a könyv kiadására nem volt lehetőség.
A kéziratot Reményi Ferenc fia, a jelenleg 90 éves Reményi Géza őrizte mostanáig. Neki köszönhető, hogy a 2008-as év küszöbén, Reményi Ede születésének 180. évfordulójához közeledve, a Petőfi-szobor fennállásának 125. évfordulóján, folytatásokban adhatjuk közre ezt az érdekes zenei dokumentumot, és azt lapunk olvasói ismerhetik meg elsőként.
Rakos Miklós
www.zene-kar.hu/tartalom/remenyi__ede__hegedumuvesz__elet...
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GÁL JÓZSEF
REMÉNYI EDE SZOMBATHELYI KONCERTJEI
A társadalmi haladás szolgálatát a magyar művészet legjobbjai mindig alapvető kötelességüknek tartották. A XIX. században újjászülető nemzet küzdelmeinek külföldi megismertetésében a költők, írók mellett legtöbbet bizonyára a világszerte ismert magyar zeneművészek tették: Liszt a zongorával, Reményi Ede a hegedűvel. A költők társukat látták a zenészekben, s versben köszöntötték őket. Vörösmarty Mihály Lisztet ünnepelte Liszt Ferenczhez című (1840) versével, Arany Reményi Edét (1860), Illyés Gyula pedig évszázaddal később, a Rákosi-elnyomás éveiben Bartókot idézte (Bartók, 1955.)
1860-ban a tíz éves száműzetésből hazatérő Reményit 24 soros versben szólította meg Arany. A költemény – Reményinek (Emlékkönyvbe) – utolsó versszakát idézzük föl.
Most a reménynek egy hangját, Reményi,
Vidd el nyugatra zengő húrodon:
Hirdesse szózatos fád a világnak,
Hogy újra érez, újra él e hon.
És élni fog, – menny, föld minden hatalma
Zúduljon bár fel, – mert élni akar:
Öngyilkolásra hogy többé fajulna,
Sokkal önérzőbb a magyar.
www.vasiszemle.t-online.hu/2011/02/gal.htm
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Vasárnapi Újság 1856. november 23-án (47. szám.)
Reményi Ede
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epa.oszk.hu/00000/00030/00143/pdf/VU-1856_03_47_11_23.pdf
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Reményi Ede hegedűművész
Keszi Imre: Muzsikáló városok - Pest-Buda.
Zeneműkiadó, Budapest, 1973, 6. képoldal, jobb alsó kép.
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Lestyán Sándor: Repülj fecském - regény, Bp., 1942.
Zsigray Julianna: Tékozló élet - Reményi Ede életregénye, Bp., 1963.
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took this the other day too ... still playing with that lensbaby.
was actually going to use this for msh.. but then i just realized i had that category covered already.. so.. just posting if for some fun. more heart shaped bokeh. kinda wacky i suppose.. but i was having fun with it. :)
update: swapped these around.. but me being so wishy washy and all.. i can do that ;)!
Worcester is a Cathedral City and the county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England.
The city is located some 17 miles (27 km) south-west of the southern suburbs of Birmingham, and 23 miles (37 km) north of Gloucester. The population is approximately 100,000. The River Severn flanks the western side of the city centre, which is overlooked by the 12th-century Worcester Cathedral.
The site of the final battle of the Civil War, Worcester was where Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeated King Charles I's Cavaliers, cementing the eleven-year Interregnum. Worcester was the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain, and for much of his life, the composer Sir Edward Elgar. It houses the Lea & Perrins factory where traditional Worcestershire Sauce is made. The University of Worcester is one of the UK's fastest-growing universities.
History
The trade route past Worcester which later formed part of the Roman Ryknild Street dates to Neolithic times. The position commanded a ford over the River Severn (the river was tidal past Worcester prior to public works projects in the 1840s) and was fortified by the Britons around 400 bc. It would have been on the northern border of the Dobunni and probably subject to the larger communities of the Malvern hillforts. The Roman settlement at the site passes unmentioned by Ptolemy's Geography, the Antonine Itinerary and the Register of Dignitaries but would have grown up on the road opened between Glevum (Gloucester) and Viroconium (Wroxeter) in the ad 40s and 50s. It may have been the "Vertis" mentioned in the 7th-century Ravenna Cosmography. Using charcoal from the Forest of Dean, the Romans operated pottery kilns and ironworks at the site and may have built a small fort.
In the 3rd century, Roman Worcester occupied a larger area than the subsequent medieval city, but silting of the Diglis Basin caused the abandonment of Sidbury. Industrial production ceased and the settlement contracted to a defended position along the lines of the old British fort at the river terrace's southern end. This settlement is generally identified with the Cair Guiragon listed among the 28 cities of Britain by the History of the Britons attributed to Nennius. This is not a British name but an adaption of its Old English name Weorgoran ceaster, "fort of the Weorgoran". The Weorgoran (the "people of the winding river") were precursors of Hwicce and probably West Saxons who entered the area some time after the 577 Battle of Dyrham. In 680, their fort at Worcester was chosen—in preference to both the much larger Gloucester and the royal court at Winchcombe—to be the seat of a new bishopric, suggesting there was already a well-established and powerful Christian community when the site fell into English hands. The oldest known church was St Helen's, which was certainly British; the Saxon cathedral was dedicated to St Peter.
The town was almost destroyed in 1041 after a rebellion against the punitive taxation of Harthacanute. During this time, the townsfolk relocated to (and at times were besieged at) the nearby Bevere Island, 2 miles upriver. The following century, the town (then better defended) was attacked several times (in 1139, 1150 and 1151) during "The Anarchy", i.e. civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I. This is the background to the well-researched historical novel The Virgin in the Ice, part of Ellis Peters' "Cadfael" series, which begins with the words:
"It was early in November of 1139 that the tide of civil war, lately so sluggish and inactive, rose suddenly to wash over the city of Worcester, wash away half of its lifestock, property and women and send all those of its inhabitants who could get away in time scurrying for their lives northwards away from the marauders". (These are mentioned as having arrived from Gloucester, leaving a long lasting legacy of bitterness between the two cities.)
By late medieval times the population had grown to around 10,000 as the manufacture of cloth started to become a large local industry. The town was designated a county corporate, giving it autonomy from local government.
Worcester was the site of the Battle of Worcester (3 September 1651), when Charles II attempted to forcefully regain the crown, in the fields a little to the west and south of the city, near the village of Powick. However, Charles II was defeated and returned to his headquarters in what is now known as King Charles house in the Cornmarket, before fleeing in disguise to Boscobel House in Shropshire from where he eventually escaped to France. Worcester had supported the Parliamentary cause before the outbreak of war in 1642 but spent most of the war under Royalist occupation. After the war it cleverly used its location as the site of the final battles of the First Civil War (1646) and Third Civil War (1651) to try to mount an appeal for compensation from the new King Charles II. As part of this and not based upon any historical fact, it invented the epithet "Fidelis Civitas" (The Faithful City) and this motto has since been incorporated into the city's coat of arms.
In 1670, the River Severn broke its banks and the subsequent flood was the worst ever seen by Worcester. A brass plate can be found on a wall on the path to the cathedral by the path along the river showing how high this flood went and other flood heights of more recent times are also shown in stone bricks. The closest flood height to what is known as The Flood of 1670 was when the Severn flooded in the torrential rains of July 2007.
The Royal Worcester Porcelain Company factory was founded by Dr John Wall in 1751, although it no longer produces goods. A handful of decorators are still employed at the factory and the Museum is still open.
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Worcester was a major centre for glove making, employing nearly half the glovers in England at its peak (over 30,000 people). In 1815 the Worcester and Birmingham Canal opened, allowing Worcester goods to be transported to a larger conurbation.
The British Medical Association (BMA) was founded in the Board Room of the old Worcester Royal Infirmary building in Castle Street in 1832. While part of the Royal Infirmary has now been demolished to make way for the University of Worcester's new city campus, the original Georgian building has been preserved. One of the old wards opened as a medical museum, The Infirmary, in 2012.
In 1882 Worcester hosted the Worcestershire Exhibition, inspired by the Great Exhibition in London.There were sections for exhibits of fine arts (over 600 paintings), historical manuscripts and industrial items.The profit was £1,867.9s.6d. The number of visitors is recorded as 222,807. Some of the profit from the exhibition was used to build the Victoria Institute in Foregate Street, Worcester. This was opened on 1 October 1896 and now houses the city art gallery and museum. Further information about the exhibition can be found at the museum.
During World War II, the city was chosen to be the seat of an evacuated government in case of mass German invasion. The War Cabinet, along with Winston Churchill and some 16.000 state workers, would have moved to Hindlip Hall (now part of the complex forming the Headquarters of West Mercia Police), 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Worcester and Parliament would have temporarily seated in Stratford-upon-Avon. The former RAF station RAF Worcester was located east of Northwick.
In the 1950s and 1960s large areas of the medieval centre of Worcester were demolished and rebuilt as a result of decisions by town planners. This was condemned by many such as Nikolaus Pevsner who described it as a "totally incomprehensible... act of self-mutilation". There is still a significant area of medieval Worcester remaining, but it is a small fraction of what was present before the redevelopments.
The current city boundaries date from 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 transferred the parishes of Warndon and St. Peter the Great County into the city.
Governance
The Conservatives had a majority on the council from 2003 to 2007, when they lost a by-election to Labour meaning the council had no overall control. The Conservatives remained with the most seats overall with 17 out of 35 seats after the 2008 election.
Worcester has one member of Parliament, Robin Walker of the Conservative Party, who represents the Worcester constituency as of the May 2010 general election.
The County of Worcestershire's local government arrangement is formed of a non-metropolitan county council (Worcestershire County Council) and six non-metropolitan district councils, with Worcester City Council being the district council for most of Worcester, with a small area of the St. Peters suburb actually falling within the neighbouring Wychavon District council. The Worcester City Council area includes two parish councils, these being Warndon Parish Council and St Peter the Great Parish Council.
Worcester Guildhall, the seat of local government, dates from 1721; it replaced an earlier hall on the same site. The Grade I listed Queen Anne style building is described by Pevsner as 'a splendid town hall, as splendid as any of C18 England'.
Economy
The city of Worcester, located on the River Severn and with transport links to Birmingham and other parts of the Midlands through the vast canal network, became an important centre for many light industries. The late-Victorian period saw the growth of ironfounders, like Heenan & Froude, Hardy & Padmore and McKenzie & Holland.
Glove industry
Gloves, Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
One of the flourishing industries of Worcester was glove making. Worcester's Gloving industry peaked between 1790 and 1820 when about 30,000 were employed by 150 companies. At this time nearly half of the Glove manufacturers of Britain were located in Worcestershire.
In the 19th century the industry declined because import taxes on foreign competitors, mainly from France, were greatly reduced. By the middle of the 20th century, only a few Worcester gloving companies survived since gloves became less fashionable and free trade allowed in cheaper imports from the Far East.
Nevertheless, at least 3 large glove manufacturing companies still survived until the late 20th century: Dent Allcroft, Fownes and Milore. Queen Elizabeth II's coronation gloves were designed by Emil Rich and manufactured in the Worcester-based Milore factory.
Manufacturing
Lea & Perrins advertisement (1900)
The inter-war years saw the rapid growth of engineering, producing machine tools James Archdale, H.W. Ward, castings for the motor industry Worcester Windshields and Casements, mining machinery Mining Engineering Company (MECO) which later became part of Joy Mining Machinery and open-top cans Williamsons, though G H Williamson and Sons had become part of the Metal Box Co in 1930. Later the company became Carnaud Metal Box PLC.
Worcester Porcelain operated in Worcester until 2008, when the factory closed down due to the recession. However, the site of Worcester Porcelain still houses the Museum of Royal Worcester which is open daily to visitors.
One of Worcester's most famous products, Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce is made and bottled at the Midland Road factory in Worcester, which has been the home of Lea & Perrins since 16 October 1897. Mr Lea and Mr Perrins originally met in a chemist's shop on the site of the now Debenhams store in the Crowngate Shopping Centre.
The surprising foundry heritage of the city is represented by Morganite Crucible at Norton which produces graphitic shaped products and cements for use in the modern industry.
Worcester is the home of what is claimed to be the oldest newspaper in the world, Berrow's Worcester Journal, which traces its descent from a news-sheet that started publication in 1690. The city is also a major retail centre with several covered shopping centres that has most major chains represented as well as a host of independent shops and restaurants, particularly in Friar Street and New Street.
The city is home to the European manufacturing plant of Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, a global Japanese machine tool builder, which was established in 1980.
Retail trade
The Kays mail order business was founded in Worcester in the 1880s and operated from numerous premises in the city until 2007. It was then bought out by Reality, owner of the Grattan catalogue. Kays' former warehouse building was demolished in 2008.
Worcester’s main shopping centre is the High Street, home to the stores of a number of major retail chains. Part of the High Street was modernised in 2005 amid much controversy.[citation needed] Many of the issues focussed on the felling of old trees, the duration of the works (caused by the weather and an archaeological find) and the removal of flagstones outside the city’s 18th-century Guildhall. The other main thoroughfares are The Shambles and Broad Street, while The Cross (and its immediate surrounding area) is the city’s financial centre and location of the majority of Worcester’s main bank branches.
There are three main covered shopping centres in the city centre, these being CrownGate Shopping Centre, Cathedral Plaza and Reindeer Court. There is also an unenclosed shopping area located immediately east of the city centre called St. Martin's Quarter. There are three retail parks, the Elgar and Blackpole Retail Parks, which are located in the inner suburb of Blackpole and the Shrub Hill Retail Park neighbouring St. Martin's Quarter.
Landmarks
The most famous landmark in Worcester is its imposing Anglican Cathedral. The current building; known as Worcester Priory before the English Reformation, is officially named The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Construction begun in 1084 while its crypt dates from the 10th century. The chapter house is the only circular one in the country while the cathedral also has the distinction of having the tomb of King John.
The Hive, situated on the northern side of the River Severn at the former cattle market site, is Worcester's joint public and university library and archive centre, heralded as "the first of its kind in Europe". It is a prominent landmark feature on the Worcester skyline. With seven towers and a golden rooftop, The Hive has gained recognition winning two international awards for building design and sustainability.
There are three main parks in Worcester, Cripplegate Park, Gheluvelt Park and Fort Royal Park, the latter being on one of the battles sites of the English Civil War. In addition, there is a large open area known as Pitchcroft to the North of the city centre on the east bank of the River Severn, which, apart from those days when it is being used for horse racing, is a public space.
Gheluvelt Park was opened as a memorial to commemorate the Worcestershire Regiment's 2nd Battalion after their part in the Battle of Gheluvelt, during the First World War.
The statue of Sir Edward Elgar, commissioned from Kenneth Potts and unveiled in 1981, stands at the end of Worcester High Street facing the Cathedral, only yards from the original location of his father's music shop, which was demolished in the 1960s. Elgar's birthplace is a short way from Worcester, in the village of Broadheath.
There are also two large woodlands in the city, Perry Wood, at twelve hectares and Nunnery Wood, covering twenty-one hectares. Perry Wood is often said to be the place where Oliver Cromwell met and made a pact with the devil. Nunnery Wood is an integral part of the adjacent and popular Worcester Woods Country Park, itself next door to County Hall on the east side of the city.