Miriam Hyde Piano Sonata

[KenjiF]

Hi everyone, thought some of you might be interested...! Just letting you know that I'll be giving a live online/radio performance of Miriam Hyde's Piano Sonata in Melbourne (Australia) on Wednesday 24th November 7pm AEDT - 3MBS-FM or digital https://3mbs.org.au/how-to-listen/(audio) or via their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/3MBSMelbourne (for video). Also on the programme is Schumann (Kinderszenen) and Fujimura (Phantasy for piano).

[matesic]

Thank you. I'm currently listening to Geoffrey Tozer's recording on youtube and am impressed. Rachmaninov himself might not have disowned it, Dies Irae and all!

[Alan Howe]

More chromatic, though, surely?

[matesic]

Certainly more harmonically "advanced" than her two piano concerti, but on second hearing of the first movement I hear Rachmaninov (particularly the G minor sonata) even more strongly. And in a way that suggests she had thoroughly assimilated the idiom and had something of her own to say. The second and third movements are growing on me too. I think it's gorgeous, so good luck KenjiF - maybe remind us nearer the date?

[Alan Howe]

I've found one recording (download only):
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8056863--the-ring-of-new-bells

Are there any others? Did Tozer ever record it commercially?

[eschiss1]

Youtube lists a big celebratory set in which Tozer presumably plays the sonata, but it's a CDR and might be a library archive release or something. There -are- several commercial releases of the work but I don't offhand see any performed by Tozer.

[KenjiF]

Hi everyone,

My performance of the Miriam Hyde Piano Sonata is up on facebook for a limited time only: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=273556468144295
The Sonata starts at around the 30-minute mark (before that there's my own Phantasy for piano, and Schumann's Kinderszenen).

[semloh]

A couple of commercial CDs including her Sonata are noted in https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/hyde-miriam-sonata-for-piano-in-g-minor/918. They do seem to be still available.
https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/reflected-reeds-cd
https://othermusic.com.au/product/piano-works-of-miriam-hyde/
However, the associated information is sparse, to say the least!

[KenjiF]

Hi everyone,

So the facebook link is now gone...but...the Hyde Sonata is now up on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K9O02mTt8w

[matesic]

Thanks Kenji, I think it's a terrific piece and very well played too.