E. J. Moeran's musical style combined English melody with lucid textures, harmonic resource, and occasional 'Keltic' elements, possibly from his Irish ancestry.
Performer Biography
Iris Loveridge, the pianist on this album, was a regular broadcaster for the BBC and championed over fifty concertos, many by contemporary or 20th-century British composers.
Composer Biography
E. J. Moeran was wounded as a despatch rider in World War I, which interrupted his musical studies at the Royal College of Music.
Composer Biography
E. J. Moeran died in 1950 in Ireland, where he was found in the River Kenmare, though an inquest determined he did not drown.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Gordon Jacob believed music should be enjoyed as an experience, not treated as a solemn exercise, and his style is lucid and melodic.
Composer Biography
Gordon Jacob, born in 1895, served three years in France during World War I and arranged music in a German POW camp.
Composer Biography
E. J. Moeran, born in 1894, had an Irish father and a Norfolk mother, a dichotomy that influenced his life and works.
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