Westmoreland Sketches for Piano Solo - Humphry Procter Gregg

A superb introduction to one of the the work of one of the unheralded talents of twentieth century British music. Proctor-Gregg was the founder of the Music Department at the University of Manchester and its first professor. His compositions are influenced by Delius, and feature a profound feeling for the beauty - and essential sadness - of the natural world, particularly the ageless beauty of the hills, the lakes and the dales of his native Westmorland. Anyone who has seen the sun re-appear and heard birdsong after a hail shower over the Langdales in late April will see the point of the Westmoreland Sketch entitled Shower in Spring straight away.

Gregg was a prolific composer, although his output was perhaps overshadowed by other facets of his talented career. These sensitive pieces for piano were a product of his late years spent in his native county after retirement.

Volume One

No. 1 (click to hear played via YouTube)
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6

Volume Two

No. 7
No. 8 (a)
No. 8 (b)
No. 9
No. 10
No. 11
No. 12
No. 13

Volume Three

No. 14
No. 15
No. 16
No. 17
No. 18
No. 19
No. 20

Volume Four

No. 21
No. 22
No. 23 Shower in Spring
No. 24 Summer Dreams
No. 25 Autumn Reflections
No. 26 Winter Elegy