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The Percy Grainger Music Mix

Percy Grainger was known for his experimental compositions and folk melodies. Listen and hear some of his most notable work and the compositions of his fellow folk enthusiasts.

Australian-born composer Percy Grainger was known for his love of folk melodies, experimenting with musical forms 鈥� and a passion for BDSM.

From his popular settings of Country Gardens to 鈥楧anny Boy鈥�, this playlist explores Percy鈥檚 love of Bach and Delius, as well as the music of his fellow folk enthusiasts Vaughan Williams and Holst. With a passion for Nordic culture, hear the music of close collaborator Edvard Grieg and composer Agathe Backer-Gr酶ndahl, alongside Amy Beach, a pianist and composer, who, like Percy, was performing as a soloist around the world.

Listen only on 大象传媒 Sounds.

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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens - Version A

    Performer: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite: 3. March: Folk Songs from Somerset

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: No. 2 in A-Major: Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.

  • Frederick Delius

    Koanga / Act 2: La Calinda

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Roger Quilter

    Summer Sunset (arr. J. Lloyd Webber for 2 cellos and piano)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Jiaxin Lloyd Webber. Performer: John Lenehan.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio - Live

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.

  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite, Op. 29 No. 2, H.118: IV. Finale The Dargason

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness (Arr. for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: IV. Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Lang Lang & Gina Alice Redlinger

    Hunting Cantata, BWV 208: No. 9. Sheep May Safely Graze (Transc. Duck for 4 Hands)

  • Agathe Backer-Gr酶ndahl

    Norske folkeviser og folkedanse, Op. 33 (Excerpts): No. 6, Springdans

    Performer: Sara Aim茅e Smiseth.

  • John Foulds

    Le cabaret Overture, Op. 72a

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Performer: Ralph Greaves. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.

  • Amy Beach

    Berceuse

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Steven Isserlis.

  • Percy Grainger

    Irish Tune from County Derry, BFMS 15a, Danny Boy

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.