British Music for Strings II

Featuring

Douglas Bostock
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Christopher Wilson
Granville Bantock

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Performer Biography

Douglas Bostock, the British conductor, has served as Principal Conductor for the Argovia Philharmonic and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, and as Music Director for the Hallwyl Opera Festival.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Granville Bantock's 'In the Far West' Serenade quotes Stephen Foster songs, which he likely heard during a world tour in America in the 1890s, believing them to be traditional tunes.

Composition History

Granville Bantock's Serenade for Strings, subtitled 'In the Far West', was commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival in 1912 and incorporates themes from an unperformed string quartet he drafted in 1899.

Composer Biography

Granville Bantock succeeded Edward Elgar as Peyton Professor of Music at Birmingham University, while also serving as Principal of the Midland Institute School of Music.

Composer Biography

Granville Bantock, whose grandfather was Head Gamekeeper to the Countess of Sutherland and grandmother was a Munro, often wore tartan due to his Scottish heritage.

Recording & Production

Douglas Bostock is a prolific recording artist with over 100 CDs, including complete orchestral works of Carl Nielsen and Robert Schumann, and an extensive British Symphonic Collection.

Composer Biography

Granville Bantock, a British composer, became known in the late 1890s for forming an orchestra at The Tower, New Brighton, which regularly played new music by British composers.