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PERCY GRAINGER Composer, Pianist, Musicologist (1882 - 1961) Wikipedia biography Wikipedia list of works Works list with discography information (AllMusic) Discography: Percy Grainger as pianist (AllMusic) The Grainger Edition (Chandos Records) - 19 volumes The Percy Grainger Society |
| PERCY GRAINGER CONCERT AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 1946 (Click on links to hear audio files) Daniel Sternberg interviews Percy Grainger on radio station KWTX CONCERT PROGRAMME Thursday, May 16, 1946, 8:15 P.M. Waco Hall [Baylor University, Waco, Texas] Children’s March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry . . . . . . . . . Grainger, arr. The Golden Wave Band, Mr. Morse, conductor Fantasia and Fugue, G Minor . . . . . . . . . Bach-Liszt Mr. Grainger, pianist From “Lincolnshire Posy” . . . . . . . . . . . Grainger 1. “Dublin Bay” 2. “Harkstow Grange” (A miser and his man – a local tragedy) 6. “The Lost Lady Found” (Dance Song) The Golden Wave Band, Mr. Grainger, conductor Nola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Felix Arndt “Love Walked In” . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gershwin-Grainger “Islamey,” Oriental Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . Balakirev Mr. Grainger, pianist INTERMISSION The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart . . . . . . . Grainger The Golden Wave Band University String Orchestra Dan Nicholson, organist Emma Sue Depwe, pianist Percy Grainger, conductor Final Announcements |
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NEWSPAPER
ARTICLES
from
the
Waco
Tribune-Herald:
May 5, 1946: Preview of May 16 concert at Baylor
May 12, 1946: Preview of May 16 concert at Baylor
February 16, 1958: Lengthy article about Grainger in advance of his February 18 concert at Baylor, in which he conducted or performed the following works:
May 5, 1946: Preview of May 16 concert at Baylor
May 12, 1946: Preview of May 16 concert at Baylor
February 16, 1958: Lengthy article about Grainger in advance of his February 18 concert at Baylor, in which he conducted or performed the following works:
- Shepherd's Hey
- Handel in the Strand
- Early One Morning
- The Warriors (click here for a video of a
performance of "The Warriors" by the Boston University Symphony
Orchestra)
- Delius: Piano Concerto (Grainger, piano) (YouTube video: Justin Bird, piano with IU Adhoc Symphony Orchestra, Nick Hersh, conductor)
- Lincolnshire Posy (3 sections) (YouTube video:
University of Michigan Symphonic Band, Michael Haithcock, conductor)
- The Marching Song of Democracy (YouTube video:
Philharmonic Winds)
1982
LP
"The
Unknown
Grainger" by the University of Central Florida Wind
Ensemble conducted by Jerry Gardner (ZIP file)
AUDIO FILE: PERCY GRAINGER PERFORMING THE DELIUS PIANO CONCERTO
In the summer of 1943, Percy Grainger served as an instructor and performer at the Interlochen Music Camp in Michigan.
On July 31, 1943, Grainger was soloist in the Delius Piano Concerto, with the National High School Orchestra conducted by Thor Johnson.
A recording of the radio broadcast of the performance has survived; it is the only known recording of Grainger playing the Delius Concerto.
Thanks to Leo J. Gillis, Archivist at the Interlochen Center for the Arts for making this recording available.
It is hoped that a planned professional audio restoration process will improve the sound quality of this historic recording.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT PERCY GRAINGER AND THE DELIUS PIANO CONCERTO:
1915-11-21 New York Tribune
1935-03-07 Sydney Morning Herald
1943-07-30 Lansing State Journal
1950-06-18 Long Beach Independent
1958-03-12 Cincinnati Enquirer
ONLINE AUDIO PROGRAMS ABOUT GRAINGER'S MUSIC:
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AUDIO FILE: PERCY GRAINGER PERFORMING THE DELIUS PIANO CONCERTO
In the summer of 1943, Percy Grainger served as an instructor and performer at the Interlochen Music Camp in Michigan.
On July 31, 1943, Grainger was soloist in the Delius Piano Concerto, with the National High School Orchestra conducted by Thor Johnson.
A recording of the radio broadcast of the performance has survived; it is the only known recording of Grainger playing the Delius Concerto.
Thanks to Leo J. Gillis, Archivist at the Interlochen Center for the Arts for making this recording available.
It is hoped that a planned professional audio restoration process will improve the sound quality of this historic recording.
Audio file:
TinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/Grainger-Delius
Photo:
TinyURL: https://preview.tinyurl.com/tdjlhlm
Program page:
TinyURL: https://preview.tinyurl.com/w4oytwk
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT PERCY GRAINGER AND THE DELIUS PIANO CONCERTO:
1915-11-21 New York Tribune
1935-03-07 Sydney Morning Herald
1943-07-30 Lansing State Journal
1950-06-18 Long Beach Independent
1958-03-12 Cincinnati Enquirer
ONLINE AUDIO PROGRAMS ABOUT GRAINGER'S MUSIC:
Back to The Thompsonian Institution