Percy Grainger - The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (Piano)

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  • Опубліковано 20 кві 2012
  • Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
    The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (1905-1911) with score
    Penelope Thwaites (piano)

КОМЕНТАРІ • 40

  • @timothyj1966
    @timothyj1966 9 років тому +20

    Grainger - asbsolutely amazing composer/arranger often overlooked

  • @sergegoldstein
    @sergegoldstein 11 років тому +33

    Th piano playing here is exquisite. Every note is brought out perfectly. It takes a remarkable pianist to play something like this, slow and sweet, with such warmth and clarity.

  • @timothyj1966
    @timothyj1966 11 років тому +5

    WOW I am just discovering Grainger - What beautiful melodies, technique, and specific notes he has made for performance - sounds tranquil but challenging to play... LOVE this

  • @SlimShady40
    @SlimShady40 3 роки тому +3

    Having only recently discovered this sublime piece of music, I can’t help but be moved by the melody and sit in awe at the performer’s ability to make the melody sing above all else, whilst still able to bring out the nuances of the harmony. As someone who tried to play the piano a little, I wish I had this gift. Thank you Percy Grainger for such a beautiful piece. ❤️

  • @fslubin
    @fslubin 3 роки тому +6

    That early A-flat at 1:38 is the genius of the universe. I'd like to put that jump-ahead A-flat on my gravestone.

    • @user-qj6qf7cu8g
      @user-qj6qf7cu8g Рік тому

      Bruh it came outta nowhere. A musical jump scare

    • @fslubin
      @fslubin Рік тому

      @@user-qj6qf7cu8g That note might have saved his mom -- but she jumped anyway.

  • @RoofLight00
    @RoofLight00 4 роки тому +5

    ...just got something in my eye....

  • @juridadiani464
    @juridadiani464 8 років тому +3

    Penelope Thwaites! Du bist genial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Solche Liebe,solche Innigkeit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Jeder Ton,jede Harmonie ist für Dich mit Gottes Wonne gefühlt
    und gesegnet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Tausendmal Danke für dein göttliches Spiel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mk1442
    @mk1442 6 місяців тому

    I heard this for the first time on The Ohio State University classical radio station tonight and promptly ordered it. I can't wait to learn it. Grainger chose the rich key of D flat. This rendition is exquisite.

  • @PamelaJean2013
    @PamelaJean2013 9 років тому +5

    One of my favorite pieces to play at church with a cellist who comes home from college better each year. Thank you for this exquisite piano version -- what nuanced and loving playing.

  • @PamelaJean2013
    @PamelaJean2013 3 роки тому

    I must write once again in appreciation for this gorgeous performance. Absolutely my favorite piece to play at Christmas time, but I come nowhere near the control, the gorgeous singing melody.

  • @acuriousergeorge
    @acuriousergeorge 3 роки тому +1

    Stunning.

  • @LeoPlayzPiano
    @LeoPlayzPiano Рік тому

    I love Grainger’s lyrical and his famous technical works: so many great masterpieces and he deserves more respect in the musical world even if he didn’t make a historical impact.

  • @johnp.sullivan6773
    @johnp.sullivan6773 5 років тому +2

    this music is very difficult excellent performance

  • @danielmoriarty8266
    @danielmoriarty8266 3 роки тому +1

    Brava, Penelope Thwaites!

  • @josephlaredo5272
    @josephlaredo5272 8 років тому +1

    Sublime piece, sublime playing.

  • @heula1
    @heula1 11 років тому

    This is so beautiful.

  • @thesaucegroup1877
    @thesaucegroup1877 3 роки тому

    Gorgeous playing

  • @pattomuso
    @pattomuso 7 років тому +2

    Strange guy......but crazy brilliant! Lived in Hawthorn once.

  • @andrewjfarrington
    @andrewjfarrington 12 років тому

    This is a nice performance.

  • @fslubin
    @fslubin 8 років тому +5

    Good ol' strange Percy. They say he earned a million bucks with Country Gardens. Good for him !

    • @leroyosmon
      @leroyosmon 5 років тому +1

      He signed over the copyright to the British Folk Music society - he never received a cent.

    • @fslubin
      @fslubin 3 роки тому

      @@leroyosmon I can't find that 'fact' anyway, though classicfm.com says this: "Country Gardens made Percy Grainger extraordinarily rich. It sold more than 40,000 copies a year in the U.S. alone. At one concert, after he had already given 17 encores, he said: "I have to play Country Gardens or they won't go home." He did - and they did."

    • @leroyosmon
      @leroyosmon 3 роки тому

      @hawkturkey Percy always said, "I have not had enough religion to harm a cat!"

    • @leroyosmon
      @leroyosmon 3 роки тому

      @@fslubin Have you read THE bio of Grainger by John Bird?

    • @fslubin
      @fslubin 3 роки тому

      @@leroyosmon No. I read The Running Pianist by Robert Lewis Taylor, sometime in the 1970's, if I recall. I think the "millions" factoid was in there.

  • @mspclassicalguitar
    @mspclassicalguitar 8 років тому +1

    Ditto all - going to have to try to work out any arrangment for classical guitar

    • @VanVlearMusic
      @VanVlearMusic 5 років тому +1

      Christopher I just made an arrangement for classical guitar! The first I could find anywhere on the internet

  • @jazzmusictheorist
    @jazzmusictheorist 6 років тому

    Is there any place I can get this arrangement for piano in PDF??

    • @Octavestorm
      @Octavestorm  6 років тому +1

      I got it from IMSLP imslp.org/wiki/British_Folk-Music_Settings_(Grainger%2C_Percy)

    • @jponz85
      @jponz85 4 роки тому

      @@Octavestorm that's not free though

    • @Octavestorm
      @Octavestorm  4 роки тому +3

      @@jponz85 The sheet music is in the public domain and free on IMSLP