Heller Nicholls : Flight of Storks , #3 from 'Alsatian Echoes'

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2014 · Music

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I know little about the life of the British composer (William) Heller Nicholls (1874-1939) except that he was born in Derbyshire, but latterly lived in Gloucestershire, and was a music master at Dean Close School near Cheltenham. One of his pupils there was the poet James Elroy Flecker. Nicholls was a prolific arranger, and writer of educational music, but also wrote light opera and orchestral music. He produced several scenic piano suites, and this comes from his1925 evocation of Alsace.  I particularly like the majestic, slightly Wagnerian, middle section of the piece.
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