Colonial Song by Percy Grainger

Trio Fidelis play "Colonial Song" by Percy Grainger. This concert was recorded at the Doris Daniel Theatre, PLC (Melbourne, Australia) - Sunday 4th May 2008.
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Watch the entire concert (YouTube Playlist)
http://au.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F263D1AA559AA4A3

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[alanslife1]

amazing sound

great talent

i love this piece from grainger

very moving

and i always feel the emotion behind it

and how you play your instruments

makes me have hope for todays musicians

true musicians feel the music

[TrioFidelis]

@alanslife1 Thank you very much.

[10003949]

Thank you all. This has has for many years been a song I keep coming back to. It has a very great significance to me reminding me of my dearly departed Dad. I was reduced to tears as I first heard your rendition and am crying now thinking about how I listened to this at the end of most of our final evenings on the balcony and imagined what inspired Grainger to write this beautiful evocative peice. Beautifully played. Thank you.

[TrioFidelis]

Thank you so much for your heartfelt response.

[TrioFidelis]

The key is E major (first note is G#). Hope this clarifies things.

[Rpkist77]

Me too, the violin was a bit out towards the beginning. And my wind ensemble just played this for UIL. But i also play violin, and i did notice the key differences. The Wind Ensemble one is in Eb Major (or its relative minor) But i don't believe this is a half step, i actually think it's a whole step. Because the first note of this is an A, and the Ensemble one starts on a G. So that would include a Bb in there, so this would be in F Major (Or its relative Minor). Hope this helps.

[Overdrivenpower]

cello sounds amazing, same with the piano. the violin player needs to pay attention to intonation more. i noticed the key is also a half step higher than other band recordings i've heard. this is in E major, right?

[kevinkuo2]

bravo

[TrioFidelis]

Thanks very much!

[entertheawesome]

Wow, I almost like this version better than the symphonic version. I'm in a band in High School performing this song, and it's probably my favorite Grainger work now. You all did a very fine job on it.