Concert Planet Earth
Saturday 20th May 2017 at 7.00pm
At St Stephen’s Anglican Church
360 Church Street, Richmond, in Melbourne, Australia – enter via the rear
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PROGRAM
These are the works being performed by The Grainger Wind Symphony conducted by music director and principal conductor Roland Yeung.
- Tune in a Popular London Style from In A Nutshell Suite by Percy Grainger arr. Barry Kopetz
- Near Woodstock Town by Percy Grainger arr. Ray Cramer
- Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst
- Symphony No.3 Planet Earth by Johan de Meij
- 1) Lonely Planet
- 2) Planet Earth
- 3) Mother Earth.
PROGRAM NOTES Gustav Holst and Jupiter from The Planets
Gustav Holst website click here
Program Notes The Planets click here
PERCY GRAINGER the composer
Percy Grainger on Wikipedia click here
Tune in a Popular London Style is an air with a ‘Music Hall’ flavour embodying the London blend of gaiety with wistfulness so familiar in the performances of George Grossmith, Jr., and other vaudeville artists.
PROGRAM NOTES & VIDEO Planet Earth by de Meij
Program notes from the composer’s website click here
A YouTube video of Symphony No. 3 Planet Earth by Johan de Meij conducted by the composer
1st movement Lonely Planet YouTube video click here
2nd movement Planet Earth YouTube video click here
3rd movement Mother Earth Part I YouTube video click here Part 2 click here