Hubert Parry An English Suite

[@my2cents169]

I am basically a Baroque person, but this English Suite is so uplifting that I play it almost every day and know it by heart. I sing along and my little Chihuahua comes running over and knows Mommy is happy. Exquisite music. Thank you so much posting it MrVektrol

[@andrewpetersen5272]

You sound like a lovely person.

[@dauntlesschicken9756]

@@andrewpetersen5272 she does indeed, and you do too.

[@MichaelConwayBaker]

This is just delightful and antidote to a dark Winter's day.

[@abdul7591]

My first exposure to this piece was from an LP I bought from the Musical Heritage Society, which featured Adrian Boult conducting this and the Lady Radnor Suite. I took to it immediately. That was over 40 years ago, and it has kept its beauty and freshness in my estimation. I think it is not an exaggeration to say that, in the category of lighter music, this is one of the most beautiful examples ever written.

[@kingbolo4579]

The English 'Tombeau de Couperin'! It's fantastic!

[@patcates9168]

You know, outside the huge English choral tradition, Vaughn Williams symphonies and the incredible Tallis Fantasia, I think this piece puts Parry among the finest of the them.

[@alejandroherreradelaparra3977]

Great work. Very english indeed. Thums up. Hats off.

[@sandyanarayanswami5708]

Parry should be played and listened to far more than he is. A wonderful composer and an interesting man!

[@bifeldman]

A very pretty piece.

[@andrewpetersen5272]

England's greatest 19th century composer...hands down!

[@ОлександрКрестін]

I vote for Cipriani Potter

[@shodanart]

Thank you for posting this suite. So many moods and the wonderful Thomas Dewing oil painting that somehow charmingly goes so well with the visions in the mind’s eye the movements take us through. I list all the classical music I listen to. I had quite a few from Parry. And in the KZbin suggestions they post for members, you had this Dewing painting. So, thought I’d maybe listened before. As I listened I looked through my journal. As I played it again, I then wrote all the times that you indicated, the Prelude; Minuet style; Saraband; Caprice; Pastoral; Air (looked up “Air,” as Bach’s Air was a favorite of mine...so you educated me); Frolic. By the third listening I found that I had heard your post before and just write down the title.. Alas, I had listened, but didn’t really HEAR it until this repeat playing. Now, I am charmed and enraptured by this suite! Thank you for all the time you put into indicating the times and symphonic variations. ❤️

[@candlelight9007]

Many thanks MrVektriol (and performers). Heart strings pulled, both sadness and happiness. Overall a lovely gentle warm glow.

[@berlinzerberus]

SIMPLY WONDERFUL!

[@jamesjwalsh]

Been waiting a long time for someone to upload this. Thanks!!

[@MrVektriol]

+James Walsh Many thanks to you for your kind and appreciated words.

[@MrVektriol]

+James Walsh Thank you very much, even if late, for your appreciation! MrVektriol

[@yzimmer4789]

Wonderful...

[@josealexandreferreiradacos193]

Yes, "British" from the first notes. Interesting to see that here, Parry is "free", not bound by abstract thematic music like some of his symphonies. And that reveals a new angle of a forgotten composer. Thank you for posting.

[@PETERJOHN101]

I don't find his symphonies to be abstract, I find them to lean early for the period they were written in.

[@Gusrikh1]

Lovely..

[@giantflyingturtles]

this rocks!

[@MrVektriol]

+giantflyingturtles Thank you for your nice opinion. Typically, in my little KZbin channel comments correct some mistake of mine.

[@janebaldwin8040]

If this was by Elgar or Vaughn -Williams; it would be better known. The Air is up there with The Lark ascending.One of the most beautiful pieces by an English composer.

[@MrVektriol]

+Jane Baldwin Thank you very much for your kind comments. I really appreciate the English music of the early 20th century and I promote it as much as I can in my channel.

[@sarahmanning1851]

One of many nearly neglected British composers who opened the way for Vaugh-Williams, Elgar et. al. The American symphony repertoire needs expansion and bring these 19th century woks to the concert hall.

[@MrVektriol]

+Sarah Manning Thank you very much for your kind comment and remark.

[@my2cents169]

I wholeheartedly agree!!

[@andrewpetersen5272]

Most definitely the 3rd and 5th symphonies!

[@Allanfearn]

I think it will be found that this is a posthumous compilation of string pieces written for a Parry pupil, Dr Emily Daymond, and arranged in order by her, and not Parry himself. But no-one would think so at first hearing.

[@hectorbarrionuevo6034]

Don't know why Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Elgar are not considered on a par with their continental, chronological counterparts. I am thinking of folks like Raff (superb composer), Brahms, Fuchs, Faure, Tchaikovsky, von Reznicek, etc. Germanic origins of musicology? Also, I wonder if the sublime, "pastoral aesthetic" in music, may have started with this great master (Parry).

[@MrVektriol]

Thank you for your reflections.

[@shodanart]

Hector Barrionuevo Just your musings, Hector, provide references for learning! Thank you!

[@shodanart]

MrVektriol Thank you for posting this! I had not heard of Parry. Having collected on my playlist Vaughn-Williams and Elgar; I discovered Fenzi, Butterworth, Harold Darke, Joseph Suk. So today I went to search KZbin and found your post! I now I have: Hubert Parry !! Distinctly English, joy and that slightly introspective poignancy! I’m an artist, so I also see your choice of painting is exquisite! So, my compliments, sir !!

[@ОлександрКрестін]

You have british musicians thank for that. Thay for 70 years ignore Parry and the other english composers of the 19th century.

[@joshuacooke582]

consider this part of my continuing education into this wonderful composer- was under the impression he was primarily concerned with choral works? Evidently NOT! A splendid suite :)

[@llamabeam]

charming piece - though that short blasted open E at 9:24 who was that 🤗

[@sonjalewis3047]

USA's Northwest Public Radio, has been airing this, performed by the English String Orchestra. I've had to stop work during the "Air" or the "Frolic" AND JUST DANCE! I agree with Jane Baldwin's post; it is equal to Vaughn William's "The Lark." Mr. Vektriol, which string ensemble is playing this?

[@MrVektriol]

+sonja lewis Thank you very much for your really nice words. I would have liked to see you dance! The suite is performed by Capella Istropolitana directed by Adrian Leaper, from a Naxos CD dedicated to English string music.

[@namewarvergeben]

Heard 'Frolic' on the NDR (north-German broadcast) the other day. It's insta-joyfulness!

[@canman5060]

Baroque in the late 19th and early 20th century.

[@rogerknox9147]

Is this a suite or simply a collection of pieces "in the Olden Style."

[@PETERJOHN101]

Apparently a collection of songs he wrote for a friend that were later assembled as a suite following his death.

[@konstantin.v]

1:50 F# too low 😃

[@MrHappyRandom]

Any Mill Creek students out there say heyoo

[@ghastus1069]

+Pyrooster not ready for that essay

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

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[@andrewpetersen5272]

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[@JudeDiener]

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