IDAGIO | Williamson: Third Piano Concerto - Organ Concerto

Featuring

Sir Adrian Boult
Malcolm Williamson
Leonard Dommett
Richard Rodney Bennett
London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Composer's Artistic Vision

The composer Malcolm Williamson dedicated his Organ Concerto to Sir Adrian Boult, who conducted its first performance, as a token of admiration.

Composer Biography

Malcolm Williamson, the composer and soloist on this album, was inspired to write his second piano concerto after a competition in Western Australia.

Compositional Technique

Malcolm Williamson's Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat derives all its thematic material from the idea of the perfect fifth and the intervallic relationships within it.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The Sonata for Two Pianos by Malcolm Williamson was inspired by a Swedish winter and the arrival of spring, reflecting nature's elemental force.

Critical Reception

Malcolm Williamson's Organ Concerto was initially met with "enthusiastic abuse" by conservative organists and Baroque enthusiasts for being too venturesome or using a romantic organ.

Composition History

Malcolm Williamson's Sonata for Two Pianos was commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival in 1967 for pianists John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas, who gave its first performance.