Work
Green bushes : full orchestra
by Percy Grainger (1906, this version: 1921)
Also known as: Passacaglia on an English folk song
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Performance by BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox from the CD Orchestral works. |
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John Hopkins conducts Percy Grainger / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Library shelf no. CD 1885 [Available for loan]
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Score
Green bushes : passacaglia on an English folksong / by Percy Aldridge Grainger.
Library shelf no. Q 784.2/GRA 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
Green Bushes is a passacaglia on an English folk-song collected in Somerset by Cecil Sharp. With the exception of a momentary break, the 'Green Bushes' tune is heard constantly throughout the work pitted against a multitude of original counter-melodies. This setting was the first time a British folk-song had been treated in the passacaglia form, an innovation that Grainger avers led Delius to write his Brigg Fair and Dance Rhapsodies in a similar way.
— Barry Peter Ould
Work Details
Year: 1906, this version: 1921
Duration: 8 min.
Performances of this work
10 Sep 2011: at ASO Master Series (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk, Alban Gerhardt.
9 Sep 2011: at ASO Master Series (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Alban Gerhardt, Otto Tausk.
6 Aug 2011: at Festival Farewell! (Townsville Civic Theatre). Featuring John Contiguglia, Richard Contiguglia, Piers Lane.
19 Feb 2011: at Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Sidney Myer Music Bowl). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Benjamin Northey, Jonathan Grieves-Smith.
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