Music Recording Stephen Dalby Pianoforte Concerto in A Minor …€¦ · Pianoforte Concerto in A...

Music Recording Stephen Dalby

The Incidental Music based on thePianoforte Concerto in A Minor by GriegPlayed byEileen Joycewith thePhilharmonia Orchestraunder the direction of Ernest Irving

"Brown Study"for the pianoforte composed and played bySefton Daly

"Daniel's Air"for the harmonica composed byClive Douglas

Joyce appears head and tail in the film in a concert performance of the Greig Piano Concerto:

(There is no music from the film currently available in print, but a post-war performance of the Grieg by Joyce has been available on CD and for download):

There is an excellent site dedicated to Eileen Joyce at the Callaway Centre, here, which includes MP3's of a number of Joyce's recordings here.

A short biography of Joyce is provided by the ADB here.

Joyce's solo piano performances have been revived in a five disc CD package:

Joyce achieved some kind of ultimate fame as a pianist by appearing on a cigarette card:

Composer Sefton Daly turns up in the film to demonstrate how to play a piano, playing one of his own pieces: