RTE Concert Orchestra, Andrew Penny - German: Orchestral Works (2022)

Tracklist

01. Richard III: Overture
02. Theme & 6 Diversions for Orchestra
03. The Seasons: I. Spring
04. The Seasons: II. Summer
05. The Seasons: III. Autumn
06. The Seasons: IV. Winter

Jettisoning the support of teaching and conducting appointments early in his career and working solely as a professional composer, Sir Edward German rose to prominence as a composer of orchestral music in the last decade of the 19th century. The popularity of his music resulted in prestigious commissions from festivals and theatrical producers, such as The Seasons written for the 1899 Norwich Festival, with its masterly evocations of nature, nostalgic yearnings and rustic festivities. The Theme and Six Diversions, one of the composer’s finest concert works, owed its inspiration to a suggestion by German’s friend and admirer Sir Edward Elgar.

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