Just heard this today on Radio 4 to mark the passing of Peter Maxwell Davies RIP: This is breath taking and the simplicity is truly exquisite: God Bless Peter
I bought the music and have started to learn to play it.I love it.Yours is the best playing for me on You tube.Thanks again. I can dream of being beside the sea again.
I played this as part of a classical guitar quartet many years ago. (No, I wasn't in the LAGQ!) Your performance is absolutely lovely and I wish I had it on CD or MP3.
I agree with the earlier comment that you have the "feel" for it...well done man. Wish there was a way to remove the buzz sound...I just heard this song played on the radio today and so am glad I found this.
I heard this on Classic FM a few years ago and and several times since, I heard it today and looked and found the first few bars on-line. Hauntingly beautiful. I have an old piano I'm attempting to learn, now nicely sanded and varnished but out of tune and several hammer tapes do need to be longer. I didn't even know they were called hammer tapes but explained what I wanted, not bad to say I didn't know what I was doing when I replaced them all. I started playing La Donna e Mobile and my cat hasn't complained yet. It sounds something like it should.
I am just very amateur musician, then mayby I am not right... But I have heard this song playing by composer and the tempo was much slower. /?? /.. mr. Ezra version is absolutely brilliant, I am just curious......
So here I am, having another "Max moment". There's infinitely more to him than this piece. But its unabashed simplicity and popularity remains a vital corrective to... well, many things. Great interview here: www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/19/peter-maxwell-davies-at-80-interview
Max plays it considerably slower on his own Unicorn-Kanchana recording - this is an excellent performance, but in my opinion the added speed detracts from the pathos
Hi there, yes, I do teach piano in London and am looking for more students. You can contact me on ezrawilliams163@yahoo.co.uk I look forward to hearing from you! Kind regards, Ezra
Just heard this today on Radio 4 to mark the passing of Peter Maxwell Davies RIP: This is breath taking and the simplicity is truly exquisite: God Bless Peter
HE taught me at RCM. A lovely man.
Thank for such playing exquisite music so wistfully and soothingly.
Very nicely played. This piece strikes me right through the heart. The world seems to stop when I hear it.
Was ignorant of that soul's work until he passed. Bless him, and bless us all-- what a gift he lived and gave.
RIP Sir Peter. Thank you for this.
This music has such a lovely rocking rhythm underlying the tune - like the waves around Stromness harbour (ON A GOOD DAY).
I just found this beautiful tune on Shazam from a few notes from a radio program this morning. I am so glad I did.
hauntingly beautiful- one of the most moving pieces of music I've ever heard.
So true
Pam Webb
A really lovely rendition...now I really want to learn to play it. Thank you for inspiring me :-)
Heartfelt and sincere playing. Bravo!
There is just something about this version I love so much. Well done.
This is the best version of this piece that I have heard.
Just discovered this beautiful piece. Breathtaking.
Keep returning to hear this….lovely. Thankyou
I bought the music and have started to learn to play it.I love it.Yours is the best playing for me on You tube.Thanks again. I can dream of being beside the sea again.
a superb version here by ezra - perfect speed and great sensitivity.
Great music , done well.
Thanks a million
just lovely.
Superb music, full of emotion
I recently heard it on bbc radio3,
I cant stop now , its opening more musical doors
Tis so beautiful
A really kind man as well as a gifted composer. No "airs and graces" when you met him. Will be missed.
He taught me at the RCM. And he used this (my recording) in an interview he gave to the Guardian Unlimited website. A beautiful man.
Truly mesmerising
Beautiful! Thank you!
Stunning. No other word for it, just stunning.
Beautifully played.
I played this as part of a classical guitar quartet many years ago. (No, I wasn't in the LAGQ!) Your performance is absolutely lovely and I wish I had it on CD or MP3.
Love It, such an emotional piece of music!
A beautiful tune beautifully performed.
Fantastic performance of this wonderful piece!
I agree with the earlier comment that you have the "feel" for it...well done man. Wish there was a way to remove the buzz sound...I just heard this song played on the radio today and so am glad I found this.
Thank you!Beautiful.This could be the tune to get my playing again!Emma
I heard this on Classic FM a few years ago and and several times since, I heard it today and looked and found the first few bars on-line. Hauntingly beautiful. I have an old piano I'm attempting to learn, now nicely sanded and varnished but out of tune and several hammer tapes do need to be longer. I didn't even know they were called hammer tapes but explained what I wanted, not bad to say I didn't know what I was doing when I replaced them all. I started playing La Donna e Mobile and my cat hasn't complained yet. It sounds something like it should.
P.S. Don't believe it when people say they're too old to learn anything new. I'm 62.
Ok
I love this piece......my favourite piece by a living composer.
Not living any more
I know......so sad.
You play this so beautifully. I love your dynamics and that you play this from your heart. =)
Lovely music, thank you for sharing.
just beautiful
So lovely; reminds me a bit of Pachelbel's famous Canon.
Agreed, Canon is a gem amongst the Classical world.
Beautiful! Thank you ;-)
Evanescent. A nearly forgotten sliver of a reminiscence.
as other people have said such a good feel. Perfect tempo for the music i think
Only a year, Beverly. You've given me hope.
Well played.
well done!!
Thank you!
Lovely. Thanks you from me too.
it reminds me of who I really am, not the many facades I am forced to assume.
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has just died. so sad.
I am just very amateur musician, then mayby I am not right... But I have heard this song playing by composer and the tempo was much slower. /?? /.. mr. Ezra version is absolutely brilliant, I am just curious......
So here I am, having another "Max moment". There's infinitely more to him than this piece. But its unabashed simplicity and popularity remains a vital corrective to... well, many things. Great interview here: www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/19/peter-maxwell-davies-at-80-interview
Me too
Keep on trying: never give up.
Max plays it considerably slower on his own Unicorn-Kanchana recording - this is an excellent performance, but in my opinion the added speed detracts from the pathos
PMD bats for the other side. Three Piece Suite (qv) rendition excellant
+MyCandn And what possible relevance does his batting for the other side have? I'm truly mystified.
+MyCandn
You philistine.... how dare you write such a damming comment (and you can't spell....)
Ezra Williams, Are you a piano teacher? If so, how do I contact you?
Hi there, yes, I do teach piano in London and am looking for more students. You can contact me on ezrawilliams163@yahoo.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you! Kind regards, Ezra
EzraWilliamsPresents truly beautiful. Thank you.
Still waiting for that email!
Ashokan farewel
Very nice, but guitar sounds better. Matt McAllister or Mississippi Quartet.
I know people who can improvise on a theme better than this piece.