Bush: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime & Trumpet Concerto

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Label
Lyrita
Release Date
February 3, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BUSH, GEOFFREY
    • PERFORMER
      Johnson, Dawson, Watt, Maxwell, Pashley, James, Collins, Winfield, Riley, Moses, Musicians Of London
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 03, 2017
    • UPC
      5020926113122
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      REAM1131
    • LABEL
      Lyrita
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Scene 1: An evening party at Lady Windemere's, "The drawing room": O what a wonderful evening

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    2. Scene 1: An evening party at Lady Windemere's, "The drawing room": Sibyl's Ballad

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    3. Scene 1: An evening party at Lady Windemere's, "The drawing room": Introducing Mr Podgers

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    4. Scene 1: An evening party at Lady Windemere's, "The drawing room": Lord Arthur's hand

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    5. Scene 1: An evening party at Lady Windemere's, "The drawing room": A marriage postponed. A murder foretold

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    6. Interlude 1: Two Part Invention

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    7. Scene 2: A few weeks later, "The shop of a well-known anarchist in Soho": Duty calls!

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    8. Scene 2: A few weeks later, "The shop of a well-known anarchist in Soho": A respectable anarchist

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    9. Scene 2: A few weeks later, "The shop of a well-known anarchist in Soho": This booby-trapped umbrella

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    10. Interlude 2: Chorale Prelude

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    11. Scene 3: A few days later, "The Embankment near Blackfriars Bridge": When you're in love!

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    12. Scene 3: A few days later, "The Embankment near Blackfriars Bridge": Letter from Chichester

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    13. Scene 3: A few days later, "The Embankment near Blackfriars Bridge": Mister Septimus Podgers?

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

    14. I. Toccata

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Patrick Addinall, Hamish Milne

      Conductor: Bryden Thomson

    15. II. Nocturne

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Patrick Addinall, Hamish Milne

      Conductor: Bryden Thomson

    16. III. Finale

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Patrick Addinall, Hamish Milne

      Conductor: Bryden Thomson


Composers do not usually make conscious choices about the music they write: they write in accordance with the talents given to them. For this reason I do not write complex or experimental music: I have no gift for such things. Instead, my music is lyrical, rhythmic, economical, clear cut in texture and, as far as I can make it, direct of utterance. This incisive assessment by Georffrey Bush of his own output is indicative of his lucidity on the printed page as well as on the stave, both accomplishments the result of a compulsive urge to communicate effectively. (Geoffrey Bush) Though composition was foremost among his many gifts, Bush was something of an all-rounder. He performed as both pianist and organist, made regular broadcasts for the BBC and was also a successful writer. His eminently readable guide to music, Musical Creation and the Listener, first appeared in 1954. His wide-ranging catalogue includes music for the stage, choral works, church music, orchestral pieces, chamber music and songs. Of his two symphonies, the first, which has at its core an elegiac blues in memory of Constant Lambert, was premiered at the Cheltenham Festival in 1954 and performed at the Proms four years later, whilst the second, subtitled "The Guildford", was commissioned for the 700th anniversary of the City of Guildford in 1957. He wrote a number of works for chamber orchestra in which his understanding of the intimacy and inherent reciprocity of the medium resulted in scores that are eloquent and conversational, epitomising his credo quoted at the head of these notes.