British Piano Concertos, Vol. 3

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Label
Lyrita
Release Date
May 2, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      John Addison, Philip Cannon, Francis Chagrin
    • PERFORMER
      Simon Callaghan, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 02, 2025
    • UPC
      5020926044426
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SRCD444
    • LABEL
      Lyrita
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Philip Cannon

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    2. II. Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Philip Cannon

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    3. III. Presto leggiero

      Composer: Philip Cannon

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    4. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: John Addison

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    5. II. Andante grazioso

      Composer: John Addison

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    6. III. Vivace

      Composer: John Addison

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    7. I. Risoluto

      Composer: Francis Chagrin

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    8. II. Lento - Molto tranquillo

      Composer: Francis Chagrin

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    9. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Francis Chagrin

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    10. Allegro moderato -

      Composer: John Addison

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    11. Andante commodo -

      Composer: John Addison

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    12. Allegro moderato -

      Composer: John Addison

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    13. Adagio -

      Composer: John Addison

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton

    14. Allegro

      Composer: John Addison

      Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

      Performer: Simon Callaghan

      Conductor: William Boughton


Philip Cannon's Concertino for piano and strings (1951) dates from his formative years. It was written for the Petersfield Festival, where it was premiered on 27 January 1951 by soloist Joseph Cooper, with the Petersfield Orchestra conducted by Kathleen Merritt. This lively, neo-classical piece has achieved over a thousand performances internationally. Though John Addison's Concertino for piano and orchestra is, for the most part, couched in a light-hearted language, it is the product of a serious, and unfailingly inventive, approach to keyboard and orchestral writing. Speaking of the work to Lesie Ayre of the London Evening News, the composer remarked that, 'it is a real concerto in the full sense of the word I would not be ashamed to show the work to any first-class pianist'. Francis Chagrin maintained an intensely practical and unpretentious attitude towards his own craft, observing that, 'My music is not for first performances - it is just to be played'. His Piano Concerto was first performed by soloist Franz Osborn, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer, at an SPNM Experimental Rehearsal held at the Royal College of Music on 4 February 1944. Conversation Piece by John Addison was written in 1958 to a commission from the BBC Concert Orchestra for that year's British Light Music Festival. John Addison felt that, by the late-1950s, too great a divide had opened up between serious and light music: 'Concertgoers think contemporary music is so alarmingly serious that when confronted with a mildly witty turn of phrase, they assume something has gone wrong. I remember the astonished sigh of relief when, in the course of introducing one of my chamber works, I told the audience I would not mind if they smiled'. In Conversation Piece, Addison exploits to the full his talent to amuse and divert.