Grainger & Grieg: At Twilight & Other Choral Works

Featuring

Stephen Layton
Paul Agnew
David Wilson-Johnson
James Gilchrist
David Gould
Libby Crabtree

Andrew Carwood
Polyphony
Percy Grainger
Edvard Grieg

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Composer Biography

Percy Grainger was an international and 'nation-less' composer, born in Australia, educated in Frankfurt, successful in England, and later became an American citizen.

Composer Biography

Percy Grainger, an Australian pianist and composer, met Norway's celebrated composer Edvard Grieg in London in 1906, leading to a remarkable friendship and artistic affinity.

Composition History

Percy Grainger's 'A song of Värmeland' was performed at his extraordinary wedding ceremony in 1928, which took place as part of a concert at the Hollywood Bowl in front of 28,000 people.

Composer Biography

Rudyard Kipling's verse had a profound artistic influence on Percy Grainger between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, leading to over forty Kipling settings.

Composition History

Grieg's Four Psalms, Op 74, his last completed works, are based on old Norwegian church melodies and were intended to preserve these folk melodies.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Percy Grainger believed that modern composers should learn from Chinese or Zulu music as much as from Schoenberg or Scarlatti, advocating for a universal musical vision without prejudice.