She was also an accomplished classical concert pianist, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. See her playing Chopin: "Winifred Atwell - Fantasie-Impromptu"
I own a piano just like the one she s playing here, I rescued it and saved it from being cut into a book case ,, then totally rebuilt it , glad I did it now. sounds great!!
This is the first time I've seen Winnie playing this, though I've had it on CD for years. Really great to see her in action - what a woman!! Thanks for postng the video. Where is it from?
Lionel Atwell displays how ragtime is meant to sound. We owe a lot to musicans like Atwell, who kept the true power of their music genres alive during the "rock invasion" of the 1950's-70's, when old music became almost exclusively portrayed by the media using slow & boring styles so that mature people would be perceived as "square".
Great to see Winnie playing this number live although strangely the video is dubbed with the actual hit recorded version as released on record in 1952 - and a little too fast. Maybe the original sound was not viable...
"Britannia Rag" was not actually composed by Winifred Atwell ! It was written by the Southampton pianist Monty Worlock who sold it to Ms. Atwell in 1952. Winifred was a fine pianist who came from Trinidad to London to study with Harold Craxton at the Royal Academy of Music.
@LillabetteHane did you see the poltics show the orther day, these two men were talking about greese and one of them said the sooner they go bang the better, i personaly thought that its was a bad statment to come out with. if greese does go bang will the irish join the GBP ?
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Love the way she winks at the audience!
This is "Good morning, have a great day" music!...Works for me!...😁😁😁
Alex...Fun video. Worth a replay or two or three. Thanks, Alex.
Her smile is at least an octave! Love it!
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Happy music always brightens up my day, and this pianist did that. She plays beautifully.
She was also an accomplished classical concert pianist, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. See her playing Chopin: "Winifred Atwell - Fantasie-Impromptu"
Another National treasure.
International, I'd say; certainly loved in UK and Australia, probably other countries too.
Awesome as ever - a lovely lady and much missed...
I own a piano just like the one she s playing here, I rescued it and saved it from being cut into a book case ,, then totally rebuilt it , glad I did it now. sounds great!!
What a fantastic piece with the lovely voluptuous Diana Dors in the background 1953 film it's a grand life x
even though I'm "young"... I've always been captured by this sound! Atwell and Conway are two of my farvourites !
tnx 4 posting ! :)
Winnie always had a smile when she played the joanna on tv
What a treasure !
Brilliant to see and hear ---my dad tried for hours to master this music ---didn't sound like this though ---loved it
I love this song
This is the first time I've seen Winnie playing this, though I've had it on CD for years. Really great to see her in action - what a woman!! Thanks for postng the video. Where is it from?
Oops, sorry, I meant Winifred Atwell, not Lionel Atwill.
Wonderful!
5 stars!
Love it.
RagJazzMonkey
Lionel Atwell displays how ragtime is meant to sound. We owe a lot to musicans like Atwell, who kept the true power of their music genres alive during the "rock invasion" of the 1950's-70's, when old music became almost exclusively portrayed by the media using slow & boring styles so that mature people would be perceived as "square".
thanks for the tip - just ordered my copy!
My parents came back from holiday last friday and they had found me a copy of the original score of this music! It is FANTASTIC to play!
It is fantastic that you can! No way I could (just scraped grade 3, by the pass mark!).
Well what can I say at least the musicians of yesteryear had some musical talent unlike some of the crap that is around today
Great to see Winnie playing this number live although strangely the video is dubbed with the actual hit recorded version as released on record in 1952 - and a little too fast. Maybe the original sound was not viable...
This lady is the female Duke Ellington of classical music and swing
there were lots of instrumental hits in the fifties UK music chart
"Britannia Rag" was not actually composed by Winifred Atwell ! It was written by the Southampton pianist Monty Worlock who sold it to Ms. Atwell in 1952. Winifred was a fine pianist who came from Trinidad to London to study with Harold Craxton at the Royal Academy of Music.
...smart move from Monty.
(Winnie is credited with Monty on the original '52 recording however).
To paraphrase Poly Styrene... "Some people say that multi-culturalism doesn't work. I say, David Cameron, Up Yours!"
WOW
indeed
Where can I get scores of her compositions???????????
she seems too simpacticc with her smile
@LillabetteHane
did you see the poltics show the orther day, these two men were talking about greese and one of them said the sooner they go bang the better, i personaly thought that its was a bad statment to come out with.
if greese does go bang will the irish join the GBP ?
i hate the english because of what they did to us (IRELAND) but i loves this song and im 15 and also play the piano
a chara, she was Trinidadian not English!
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