Bliss: Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for 2 Pianos
7/1/2004, 7 Tracks, 1:12:58
Featuring
David Lloyd-Jones
Peter Donohoe
Martin Roscoe
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Arthur Bliss
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Bliss collaborated with several notable artists, including choreographer Ninette de Valois, librettist J.B. Priestley, and author H.G. Wells, for whom he composed the music for the film 'Things to Come'.
Composer Biography
Bliss served with distinction in World War I, where he was wounded, gassed, and mentioned in dispatches.
Composer Biography
Arthur Bliss was knighted in 1950 and appointed Master of the Queen's Musick in 1953, a post he served diligently.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bliss described the pianos in his Concerto for Two Pianos as 'two great arabesque-making machines,' highlighting the decorative writing for the instruments.
Composer Biography
Arthur Bliss, the composer, was half-American on his father's side and studied at Cambridge and the Royal College of Music.
Composition History
Bliss's Piano Concerto was commissioned by the British Council for British Week at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Composition History
The Concerto for Two Pianos originated from an earlier, now lost, work for piano, tenor, and strings from 1921, which Bliss revised multiple times.
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