George Dyson: Choral Symphony, St. Paul's Voyage to Melita

[Machine Translation] George Dyson was born in Halifax, England, to a working-class family. His talent manifested itself in the Baptist church he attended as a child, and he went straight to the Royal College of Music in London on a scholarship. He studied organ at first, composition under Stanford, and then in Italy and Germany, steadily building his career and eventually becoming one of the "most important British composers" of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Choral Symphony, written while he was still a student, is a large-scale Mendelssohn-esque work based on Psalm 107, which describes the expulsion of the Jews and their return to Israel. The theme presented in the overture is developed into a spectacular Vaughan Williams-esque seascape at the end. The other piece, "St. Paul's Journey to Melita," also depicts a sea scene, and is also a beautiful work with vivid images.

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

イギリス、ハリファクスで労働者階級の家庭で生まれたジョージ・ダイソン。彼の才能が顕在化したのは幼いころに通ったバプテスト教会であり、そのまま奨学金を得てロンドン王立音楽学校に入学。最初はオルガンを学び、作曲をスタンフォードに師事、その後イタリアとドイツで学び、着々とキャリアを重ね、最終的には19世紀から20世紀の「イギリスで最も重要な作曲家」の一人になりました。学生時代に書かれた「合唱交響曲」は"ユダヤ人追放とイスラエルへの帰郷"を描いた詩篇107番を用いた大規模なメンデルスゾーン風の作品。序曲で提示されたテーマが発展し、最後はヴォーン・ウィリアムズを思わせる海の情景が華々しく描かれます。もう1曲の「聖パウルのメリタへの旅」も海の情景が描かれており、こちらも鮮烈なイメージが広がる美しい作品です。