Divine Service George Dyson's 'The Canterbury Pilgrims' - admired by ROBERT ANDERSON '... suitably exciting.'

Far be it from me to assess the relative merits of a vacuum cleaner and a full score; but I fear that in many households the name of Dyson may be more closely associated with Sir James rather than Sir George. It is certainly not the case in my home, since I had the honour as a schoolboy of playing percussion under Sir George's baton at a wartime performance of In Honour of the City, or whatever was still left of it. I also heard The Canterbury Pilgrims soon after, and used to play the music of its concluding procession in churches of all possible denominations in the Shetland Islands. The overture At the Tabard Inn, written later, sums up the bustle of the pilgrims' preparations for departure to Canterbury...

GEORGE DYSON

RICHARD HICKOX

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CHANDOS RECORDS

UNITED KINGDOM