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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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Mon 21 Nov 2011 18:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Gigue for piano

    Performer: Penelope THWAITES

    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN-9895.

  • Percy Grainger

    Train music for orchestra, compl. Eldon Rathburn

    Conductor: Simon RATTLE Performer: City Of Birmingham S O.

    • EMI.
    • 556-412.

  • 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.

  • Percy Grainger

    Hill-song no. 1 vers. orig. for 21 wind [1901-2]

    Conductor: Clark RUNDELL Performer: Rncm Wind Orchestra

    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN 10638.

  • Percy Grainger

    Brigg Fair, arr. for tenor and chorus

    Performer: Joseph TAYLOR - Singer

    • Topic.
    • TSCD600.

  • Percy Grainger

    Brigg Fair, arr. for tenor and chorus

    Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: Robert JOHNSON - Tenor Performer: Monteverdi Choir.

    • PHILIPS.
    • 446-657-2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric pieces - book 8 Op.65 for piano

    Performer: Percy GRAINGER - Piano

    • APR.
    • 7501.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the shore for orchestra vers. "Stokowski version"

    Performer: Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Chamber Ens.

    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN 10638.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shallow Brown

    Conductor: Stephen LAYTON Performer: Polyphony Performer: Polyphony Orchestra

    • HYPERION.
    • CDA-66863.

  • Percy Grainger

    In Dahomey - cakewalk smasher for piano

    Performer: Marc-Andre HAMELIN - Piano (Piano)

    • HYPERION.
    • CDA 66884.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 21 Nov 2011 12:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Mon 21 Nov 2011 18:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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