George Dyson: Primrose Mount

[rbob200]

one word describes my feelings for this music--amazement!

wonderful, Phillip.

[PSearPianist]

@rbob200 Thank you for that!

[dave12122]

I thought this was a thoughtful performance, recorded a bit loudly. The piece is not one of the composer's strongest, being a bit reminiscent of watered down Ireland. I prefer Hierusalem and the great choral works.

[PSearPianist]

@dave12122 Thank you for that - sorry about the loud recording, which is not usually a problem. Dyson is certainly not best known for his piano music.

[Finistereny]

Thanks for posting your performance of this appealing music, which I hadn't heard previously.

"Canterbury Pilgrims" is a great choral work, familiar to me only by the Chandos recording, and you can well imagine that Dyson's compositions are almost completely unknown in the USA, as is the case with most British music excepting a handful of Britten and Vaughan Williams pieces.

Please post more videos like this to help fill our void. And BTW, Dyson's life is fascinating, from beginning to end.

[PSearPianist]

Thanks for your interesting comment! I am certainly intending to play some more little-known British music. I have done some videos of pieces by Cyril Scott, Harry Farjeon, Paul Corder, York Bowen and other contemporaries of Dyson. To give the US a credit, I have seen some excellent performances from your compatriots recently of works by British composer Rebecca Clarke and Madeleine Dring, that are pretty neglected in their home country!

[Babejuda]

Very delicate piece and beautiful playing. Does "primrose" means the yellow flower of the spring?

[PSearPianist]

Thank you - it does indeed!

[qjgwhw]

nice !!! :D

[PSearPianist]

Thanks - it's a good piece.