Music In The Great War: Radio 3 Live In Concert – The Fateful Voyage

This concert focuses on the friendship between composers FS Kelly and William Denis Browne and the poet Rupert Brooke, who sailed together to the Dardanelles and died soon after. Their friendship generated poems and music which endure as a poignant reminder of their extraordinary lives.

Programme: 

Kelly: When the lamp is shattered; The Isle 

Brooke: The Dead 

Browne: Diaphenia 

Brooke: Peace 

Bronwe: To Gratiana, dancing and singing 

Brooke: Wagner

Kelly: Music, when soft voices die 

Browne: Arabia 

Brooke: Safety 

Kelly: A Dirge 

Browne: The isle of lost dreams 

Browne: Parting 

Kelly: Weep you no more, sad fountains

As part of the BBC’s commemoration of World War One, Radio 3 tells the story of the war through its music, presenting two weeks of programmes that trace the musical experiences of the different sides of the conflict (23 June to 6 July).

Presenter/ Martin Handley

Publicity contact: BBC Radio 3 Publicity