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Donald Macleod focuses on Grainger's hothouse upbringing in Melbourne, his years of musical study in Frankfurt, and his move to London.
This week, Donald Macleod explores the unconventional life and music of Percy Grainger. In today's programme, he eavesdrops on Grainger's hot-house upbringing in Melbourne, where he was home-schooled by his obsessive mother, Rose; his years of musical study in Frankfurt, where he teamed up with a group of English composers, Roger Quilter, Balfour Gardiner, Cyril Scott and Norman O'Neill; and his move to London, where he embarked on a career as a concert pianist, struck up a close friendship with Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and made an energetic contribution to the burgeoning English folksong movement.
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Percy Grainger
Gigue for piano
Performer: Penelope THWAITES
- CHANDOS.
- CHAN-9895.
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Percy Grainger
Train music for orchestra, compl. Eldon Rathburn
Conductor: Simon RATTLE Performer: City Of Birmingham S O.
- EMI.
- 556-412.
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Percy Grainger
Love verses from 'The song of Solomon' vers. soli, ch & ensemble
Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: English Country Gardiner Orchestra Performer: Monteverdi Choir.
- PHILIPS.
- 446-657-2.
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Percy Grainger
Hill-song no. 1 vers. orig. for 21 wind [1901-2]
Conductor: Clark RUNDELL Performer: Rncm Wind Orchestra
- CHANDOS.
- CHAN 10638.
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Percy Grainger
Brigg Fair, arr. for tenor and chorus
Performer: Joseph TAYLOR - Singer
- Topic.
- TSCD600.
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Percy Grainger
Brigg Fair, arr. for tenor and chorus
Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: Robert JOHNSON - Tenor Performer: Monteverdi Choir.
- PHILIPS.
- 446-657-2.
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Edvard Grieg
Lyric pieces - book 8 Op.65 for piano
Performer: Percy GRAINGER - Piano
- APR.
- 7501.
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Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.Performer: Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Chamber Ens.
- CHANDOS.
- CHAN 10638.
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Percy Grainger
Shallow Brown
Conductor: Stephen LAYTON Performer: Polyphony Performer: Polyphony Orchestra
- HYPERION.
- CDA-66863.
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Percy Grainger
In Dahomey - cakewalk smasher for piano
Performer: Marc-Andre HAMELIN - Piano (Piano)
- HYPERION.
- CDA 66884.
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