George Dyson: Primrose Mount

Sir George Dyson (1883-1964) was a leading British musician of the earlier part of the 20th century. Educated at the Royal College of Music, he eventually became its director (1937-52) and was knighted in 1941. His best-known work is his large-scale 1930 choral piece 'The Canterbury Pilgrims' based on the General Prologue to Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'. 'Primrose Mount' was published in 1928, and the piano writing in this short piano piece is reminiscent of that of his contemporaries John Ireland and York Bowen. For more information on Dyson, his works and recordings, see the Sir George Dyson Trust webpage at: http://www.impulse-music.co.uk/georgedysontrust.htm [Note: for anyone with the score, the LH Bb and C in first bar, third line on page 5 should be two crotchets, not dotted crotchet+quaver as I play them in this take - but I hope the effect of this on the performance is minimal!] --------------------------------------- Played by Phillip Sear http://www.psear.co.uk