Percy Grainger - The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (1943)
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2025
- Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger (July 8, 1882 - February 20, 1961)
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra conducted by Timothy Reynish
The score is in very English English.
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6:52 I love that the melody begins with an exposed half-step between the G and A-flat. Only Grainger would do that!
I absolutely love Grainger. I've played many of his pieces, listened to many more... and I've never come across this piece. This has many of his nuances, it's clearly his style, but it's also very different from many things. Wow.
The orchestration is gorgeous, and I love how he plays with the theme that he develops. I like the programatic element to this piece, too.
And he, of course, can't resist a folk melody. That's one of my favorite aspects of his compositional style.
The ending is beautiful. Just what I would want. Thanks for sharing this!!
What a haunting piece. And, with how it's written, it seems to be in a dream state, as it is nigh impossible to find beat 1 throughout the piece!
This is by far my favorite of Grangers works because it has captured an emotion that cant possibly be described, and it makes you feel something new for the first time and that thrills me.
I love this piece. If anyone is interested, I've written a dissertation on the work that can be found on Proquest.
I would love to read your dissertation!
link?
Link please!
When will you share the link?
I've read it and love your amazing scholarship. I'm doing a score study video and it will be up next month! Enjoyed your insight into the work and I've acquired a lot of materials from the Grainger Archives and images of the sketches and scores of this over the years it was written.
Chapeau to RUclips for always putting new (to me) great music on my algorithm.
Grainger's orchestration is so unique! I love it.
I dunno, but I think modern concert band orchestration is not that different from this piece.
Natheniel Becken We don't normally have an organ, but other than that, it's basically the same as a modern Concert Band, with maybe a few differences
@@mase1819 For 1943 it's pretty unique
@@mlefeb Exactly. It seems relatively 'normal' today because Grainger made an unbelievable impact on the modern band. Compare this to stuff like the Holst suites and it's clear it's really out there...
i’ve had the motif that first appears at 36 in my head for a month now... so easily moving and yet so weighted... and of course gorgeous harmonies
Grainger was very interesting! I need to do my research on him, because his use of the saxophone is really cool.
This feels like the piece he wrote after seeing Tristan for the first time. Very interesting and quite beautiful.
Grand and grotesque-like a soundtrack for a silent epic. It evokes images from Poe or Dore, etc.-it’s just dazzling and utterly brilliant!👌
How the bloody hell have I reached the age of 63 and not investigated Mr Grainger???????
nice to be peaking late!
Glad you'll be getting the chance to now!
Whisky?
My parents were band and choral directors and I remember hearing many of these pieces when I was very little; however, I am also just re-discovering Percy Grainger at the age of 63, so, don't feel bad. His compositions were neglected for some time as he lived to see several of his works go "out of print" and was considered somewhat of a has-been. It left him quite bitter in old age, as you can imagine. Having said all of that, are we not lucky to be able to hear the works of a true genius today. Many of his more popular works were written in his 20s but if this piece was written in 1946, he was around 61 at the time. It shows how much he grew and matured as a composer. I have never heard this piece until now, and I am in love with it. Keep listening!
@@Lyork yes me too I m 61 YEARS old Percy grainger is quite knew to me have alot of catching up to do listening to his and other composers these musical landscapes realy set my imagination processes flowing i can't read a musical score I've never studied classical music I don't play in an orchestra I'm not a conductor or composer and i cant play any instruments but I can never resist listening these musical outings.
I'm sorry to be advertising on a fellow creators channel; however, this comment section seems like my sort of crowd. If you liked this piece and thought "Gee, I wish I could find out more about this 'Percy Grainger' guy and his music". I have so many incredible Grainger scores that have gone unheard for way too long. Take my word for it, once you look deep into this man's music, you may find yourself a new favorite composer.
some really unusual stuff here, thanks for sharing it!
I played bass clarinet in this. Wasn't sure at the beginning, but I "got it" by the end. Quite an experience.
[98] never fails to give me chills
Ouch. 6:52 deserves as much space/silence as the creatively devised descent from which it comes.
It really is. New composer for me, thanks for this very interesting work!
Thank you very much for uploading it. I didn't know the composer nor the piece!
OMG that is just magical!!
wonderful piece, curious ending
I'd love to study the score. Where do you get it? Love the little hommage to Rachmaninov :) Thanks in advance!
Where?
@@reev9759 7:12 (mm.134-136), 7:45 (mm. 141-144) cf. Rach Piano Concerto No.3 (2nd Movement).
I wish the score were LARGER....so as to read it more easily.....
Robert Schumann Quote : Composing something real unique is writing down a melody/set of notes that no one else ever had done before.... ♫♪
I didn’t know Harpo Marx composed!! Good stuff
Is there any recording of this piece with a pipe organ?
I bet Eugene Corporon has one with the North Texas Wind Symphony
One where I played :)
Supposedly this is the performance that uses a harmonium/pump organ instead of a pipe organ. Is that actually the case?
I don't believe it is, although it definitely has that "theatre-y" sound. Mr Grainger was very specific about what he wanted, and had a bit of an intolerance to church organs, or most organs for that matter - preferring the harmonium/Reed organ. This version definitely uses a range of stops (perhaps even the Tibia), but I would call it an electronic organ, or rather a form of church organ that's not explicitly a Reed organ.
The instrumentation makes me laugh :)
6:53 surprised Grainger did one of that prime mistakes when dealing with concert bands.. letting Sax and Horn Solo play together, much hated esp. by Hornists because you only hear Sax.
Really? I can hear the horns quite clearly.
Normally it's one or the other. But Reynish balanced it well. Sounds fine to me. Another ensemble/players may have botched it. Compositionally, I don't see the issue. Some might see it as redundant?
@@reev9759 I actually like the effect. I'm not a big fan of the saxophone sound, so I like the mellowing effect of blending the horn sound into it. In return, the saxes give the line a little more definition than it would have had with horns alone.
Huh? Saxes and horns play the same part all the time.
@@paulhorn27 Just because it happens often doesn’t mean it’s good orchestration
Nice piece. Could do without that wretched organ introduction however.
lesmizzle cool, I'll pass this on to the composer who's been dead for 50 years
Chris Weed haha
You’re crazy, that organ part is siiiiiiick 🤘
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Ha Ha! You naughty mischief maker!