Three British Accordion Concertos

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
April 10, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Jonathan Dove, Gordon Jacob, Edward McGuire
    • PERFORMER
      Owen Murray, BBC Concert Orchestra
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 10, 2026
    • UPC
      5060640070165
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCN0016
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio - Allegretto

      Composer: Gordon Jacob

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray, Anonymous

      Conductor: James MacMillan

    2. II. Intermezzo: Quasi menuetto

      Composer: Gordon Jacob

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray, Anonymous

      Conductor: James MacMillan

    3. III. Largo

      Composer: Gordon Jacob

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray, Anonymous

      Conductor: James MacMillan

    4. IV. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Gordon Jacob

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray, Anonymous

      Conductor: James MacMillan

    5. I. Moderato marcato

      Composer: Edward McGuire

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray

      Conductor: James MacMillan

    6. II. Andante cantabile

      Composer: Edward McGuire

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray

      Conductor: James MacMillan

    7. III. Vivo con bravura

      Composer: Edward McGuire

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray

      Conductor: James MacMillan

    8. I. Very Spacious

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray

      Conductor: James MacMillan

    9. II. Very Spacious

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray

      Conductor: James MacMillan

    10. III. Musing

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Performer: Owen Murray

      Conductor: James MacMillan


The development of an original classical repertoire for the accordion began with Mogens Ellegaard in his native Denmark and his student, the Scot Owen Murray, in the UK. In 1976 Ellegaard gave the first broadcast performance of Gordon Jacob's pastoral, elegant concerto, which treats the accordion almost as a chamber organ. A generation and more later, two concertos written for Owen Murray open out the possibilities of the accordion much more adventurously, exploiting it's extraordinary range of colour, it's striking range of expression and it's mercurial ability to weave through orchestral textures.