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Piano music by Delius, Bax,
Vaughan Williams and Bridge -
heard by
HOWARD SMITH

'Commanding resolute performances of music arisen from harrowing conflict.'

In the Wake of the Great War - Works for piano by Delius, Bax, Vaughan Williams and Bridge. Benjamin Martin. © 2014 MSR Classics

Benjamin Martin (born Melbourne, 1970) began learning the piano, cello and composition before the age of ten. He entered the Victorian College of the Arts aged fifteen, where he was a pupil of Alexander Semetsky and Stephen McIntyre. At the Juilliard School in New York he worked with the great American pianist John Browning (1933-2003).

On completion of his studies Benjamin worked with Dorothy Taubman, studying and teaching briefly at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst...

Copyright © 7 January 2015 Howard Smith,
Masterton, New Zealand

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IN THE WAKE OF THE GREAT WAR - BENJAMIN MARTIN

MELBA RECORDINGS

AUSTRALIA

FREDERICK DELIUS

ARNOLD BAX

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

FRANK BRIDGE

ORLANDO GIBBONS

PIANO MUSIC

FIRST WORLD WAR

UNITED KINGDOM

20TH CENTURY

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