John Lenehan has recorded a Gramophone award-winning album of Michael Nyman's Piano Concerto for Naxos.
Performer Biography
John Lenehan, the pianist on this album, has a discography of over sixty CDs, covering music from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries.
Composer Biography
John Ireland's personal world, including places, people, and literature, is deeply reflected in his music.
Performer Biography
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is Britain's oldest surviving professional symphony orchestra, established in 1840.
Performer Biography
John Wilson, the conductor, is internationally recognized as an expert in light music and music for screen, and a passionate advocate for British music.
Compositional Technique
The Piano Concerto by John Ireland includes a quotation from his earlier piano piece, 'Spring will not wait', which he had dedicated to Arthur Miller.
Composition History
John Ireland's Piano Concerto was written for his young protégée, Helen Perkin, and its principal theme is musically related to her 1929 Phantasy for string quartet.
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