Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Gipsy Dance (Opus 20, No. 3. 1898)
Charles Kaufmann writes:
Hi, Bill,
I
have separated out and re-edited audio versions of Rachel Barton Pine's
performances of SC-T's "Gipsy Song" and "Gipsy Dance," Opus 20, Nos. 2
& 3, from my documentary, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in
America.
Gipsy
Song is extraordinarily lovely music, and Gipsy Dance is electrifying.
SC-T was only 23 when he wrote this music, and he could play both the
piano part and the violin part. At that point in his life, he was full
of youthful feeling, optimism and confidence. It is a wonder why this
virtuosic music is not in the repertory of every violinist today. And
here, in this recording, we have one of America's elite violinists
paying tribute to one of the United Kingdom's perhaps least celebrated
composers.
This link will take you to a Youtube playlist of both pieces.
Charles
Charles Kaufmann
Published on Oct 25, 2015
From
the documentary, "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America,
1900–1912," Rachel Barton Pine, violinist, and Matthew Hagle, pianist,
perform Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's "Gipsy Song and Gipsy Dance," (Opus
20, No. 2 and No. 3. 1898). Maud Powell, the early Victor gramophone
recording artist, was an important advocate in the United States for the
music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor during the first twelve years of the
20th century. Maud Powell may have been the first to perform SC-T's
Gipsy Song and Gipsy Dance in the United States, though she never
recorded it. Maud Powell interpreter Rachel Barton Pine made the
recording Powell never did when she and Mathew Hagle came to The Studio
in Portland, Maine, in December 2012, at the invitation of Charles
Kaufmann, artistic director of The Longfellow Chorus. Filmed portions of
this recording appear in the documentary, "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and
His Music in America, 1900–1912.
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