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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Hubert Parry (1848-1918): A House in Orme Square

Hubert Parry (1848-1918)

A House in Orme Square

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Hubert Parry (1848-1918), A House in Orme Square

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Hubert Parry.

To commemorate the centenary of the death of Hubert Parry, Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Hubert Parry. Today Donald focuses on that part of Hubert Parry’s life which was centred around Orme Square in London, the home of his teacher and mentor Edward Dannreuther.


Love is a bable                                                                                                                   
Bryn Terfel (tenor)

Cello Sonata in A                                                                                                                              
ii. Andante sostenuto
Andrew Fuller (cello)
Michael Dussek (piano)

Take, O take those lips away                                                                                       
Robert Tear (tenor)
Philip Ledger (piano)

Partita in D Minor                                                                                                                             
i. Maestoso
ii. Allemande
Rupert Marshall Luck (violin)
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

String Quintet in E-Flat Major                                                                                     
ii. Allegro molto
iii. Andante sostenuto
The Bridge Quartet
Colin Twigg (violin), Catherine Schofield (violin), Michael Schofield (viola), Lucy Wilding (cello)
Robert Gibbs (viola)

Symphony No. 2 in F major (The Cambridge)                                                       
The London Philharmonic
Conductor, Matthias Bamert

Composer of the Week: Hubert Parry (1848-1918)

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