The Burning Fiery Furnace [SEP] characters
Summer Music Festival on 25 June 1967 with Andrea Velis as Nebuchadnezzar.
The scale and manner of instrumentation are similar to those in "Curlew River", but one notable difference is the use of the alto trombone.
Clifford Hindley has commented on a reading of a subtext sympathetic to homosexuality on the part of both Britten and Plomer in their treatment of the story.
Synopsis.
"The Burning Fiery Furnace" tells the story of Nebuchadnezzar (the historical Nebuchadnezzar II) and the three Israelites, Ananias, Misael
Fiery furnace
Fiery furnace may refer to:
- The fiery furnace of the biblical account of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 3)
- Fiery Furnace (Arches National Park), a region of Utah's Arches National Park
- The Fiery Furnaces, a rock band
- The Burning Fiery Furnace, a Benjamin Britten composition