Blithe bells by Percy Grainger : Work : Australian Music Centre

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Blithe bells

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Blithe bells

by Percy Grainger

Audio Sample

Performance by Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti from the CD Australian Chamber Orchestra

This sample is of the Chamber orchestra version of this work

Versions of this work

Select from the following versions of this work to view more detailed information:

- Solo Piano

- Chamber orchestra

Products featuring this work

Format	Title	Version	AMC Library	Price
CD	Organ at the Opera. 1 CD (57 min.) Published by Move Records [MD3170] Library shelf no. CD 326	Solo Piano	Available for loan	$27.27	Add to cart
CD	Tuneful percussion / Percy Grainger ; [performed by] Woof!. 1 CD (54 min.) Published by Move Records [MD3222] Library shelf no. CD 716	Solo Piano	Available for loan	$27.27	Add to cart
CD	Piano music for four hands, volume II / Grainger. 1 CD (67 min.) Library shelf no. CD 1842	Solo Piano	Not for loan	$POA
CD	Works for solo piano 3 : Grainger 1 CD (76 min.) Published by Chandos Records — 2004 [10205] Library shelf no. CD 1844	Solo Piano	Available for loan	$POA
CD	Works for wind orchestra 2. 1 CD (66 min.) Published by Chandos Records [CHAN 9630] Library shelf no. CD 486	Solo Piano	Available for loan	$POA
CD	Australian Chamber Orchestra : celebrating 20 years together / Richard Tognetti 2 CDs (136 min.) Published by ABC Classics — 2009 [4763304] Library shelf no. CD 1979	Chamber orchestra	Available for loan	$POA
CD	Orchestral works. 1 CD (73 min.) Published by Chandos Records — 1996 [CHAN 9493] Library shelf no. CD 374	Chamber orchestra	Available for loan	$POA
Score	The young pianist's Grainger / edited by Ronald Stevenson. 1 vol. of music (vi, 37 p.) : ports. ; 31 cm. Published by Schott & Co — 1967 Library shelf no. 786.2088054/GRA 2	Solo Piano	Not for loan	$POA
CD	Molly on the shore / Percy Grainger. 1 CD (143 min.) Published by ABC Classics [CD1-442381-2 ; CD2-442382-2] Library shelf no. CD 169	Solo Piano	Available for loan	Out of Print
LP	The orchestral works of Percy Grainger : volume 3. 1 LP (34 min.) Published by EMI [OASD-7607.] Library shelf no. LP 29	Chamber orchestra	Not for loan	Out of Print

Work Overview

Blithe bells is a free ramble on Bach's Sheep may safely graze - an impressionistic study on the Bach melody which Grainger uses as a point of departure. The work is coloured by the thought that Bach, in writing the melody in thirds that opens and closes the number, may have aimed at giving a hit of the sound of sheep bells.

— Barry Peter Ould

Work Details

Duration: 4-57 min.

Analysis

Blithe Bells: A free ramble on Johann Sebastian Bach’s aria ‘Sheep may safely graze’
by G.K. Williams
Source: Published by Symphony Services

Performances of this work

14 May 2009: at Bach, Grainger, Grieg (Albert Hall, Canberra).

1 Dec 04: Huntington Music Festival, Mudgee, NSW. Featuring Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti.

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