Percy Grainger - Molly on the Shore (1907/1920)

Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger (July 8, 1882 – February 20, 1961)
Orchestra: North Texas Wind Symphony conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon

[DonaldMill]

Percy is my favorite! I was a Band instructor for 30 yrs., played many of Grainger’s Works
as contest pieces. They challenged the Kids,
But they grew to love too!

[DanielSabzghabaei]

Wonderful! Great energy flow and texture shifts. Grainger's ear for the band is unique.

[BC]

I LOVE the timbre of the oboe and clarinet at 3:28.

[allwinds]

One of my favorite memories will be playing this on solo cornet in a local semi pro band with my 18 year old son on third horn sitting in front of me a just nailing the solo at #59

[Borderlandslova]

This piece literally scares the shit out of me. Those dynamics I’m crying.

[katetranscribes]

I absolutely love grainger. I don't know if a condensed score of Lincolnshire Posy is even feasible, but it would be something else if it were

[Libra_Strings]

I had to find this because it was in my head for 4 days straight! I played this is 7th grade orchestra on viola. I still think about it daily

[MrMayAllDay]

P. A. G. ❤
Most overlooked genius. Responsible for much more than just wind arranging.

[davemillet]

Amazing piece of music. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to play this!😮

[crystelthewolf]

Playing a version of this in orchestra with a bunch of string instruments instead of woodwinds, and its actually super fun to play once you figure out all the run-on 8th note parts

[AndreyRubtsovRU]

"3rd & 4th clarinets added".
That's passion for details!

[a.j.st]

We did this for high school concert band. We didn’t have a bassoonist so I learned it in a few months and did the part for that. I’m largely a tenor saxophonist.

[mckernan]

Wow magical. I’ve played these on piano but his full band versions are really modern and brilliant

[mikedavis]

Grainger could've simply written the triplets as mordents---I sense he was seeking that 'biting' effect on those notes. But he apparently wanted to ensure that the players were uniform in executing an upper mordent, as opposed to a lower one. Writing the specific notes to be played eliminated any uncertainty. I love music composition.

[graeme]

This is my favourite version of "Molly on the Shore"!

[jonnysetzler]

So I’m playing first clarinet on this, and after a read through I’m pretty certain Grainger has some kind of grudge against woodwinds bc this is not fun to play lmao

[ThePumpkin]

This has one of my favorite endings to any piece.

[bearsrider]

Triplets often sound like double sixteenth + eighth... Regardless of that, performance is brilliant

[_alicia__]

Just played this at the Staller Center yesterday, such a beautiful piece :)

[gracerolewicz]

i'm a freshman in wind ensemble, the highest band, clarinet, and i have to play this...