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(Richard Addinsell)
This concert piece had
possibly been written for the American pianist, Leo Litwin,
who was a champion of Richard Addinsell's
Warsaw Concerto, and has never been linked to a cinema or theatre
production. It is derived from American
folksong influences and was recorded in a solo piano version not long after
it was written in 1950. It consists
of three movements:
(i)
First movement
(ii)
Valley Song
(iii)
Old Joe Clark
The first movement is symphonic and is said to mimic
Beethoven's 9th Symphony,
the second movement has a faint blues-type melody, and the third movement opens
with a violin and banjo duet in a hillbilly style.
BBC Concert Orchestra
recordings
Marco Polo 8.223732 (CD: Richard Addinsell:
Goodbye Mr. Chips/A Tale of Two Cities)
Conductor - Kenneth Alwyn
Piano - Philip Martin
Source:
1. http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.223732
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