Episode 4
Donald Macleod and Stephen Johnson explore Longdon Marsh. Music includes Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 and The Ascension.
Stephen Johnson joins Donald Macleod to explore the landscapes of Herefordshire and Worcestershire that inspired much of the music of Edward Elgar.
Stephen and Donald visit the eerily desolate landscape of Longdon Marsh, a few miles west of Tewkesbury, where Elgar went to get away from it all and explore his well-developed sense of melancholy.
Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 241-4, CD1 Tr 19
Andante (Violin Sonata)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Revital Chachamov (piano)
Teldec 4509-96300-2, Tr 5
Interlude: Gloucestershire; Shallow's Orchard (Falstaff)
London Symphony Orchestra
Edward Elgar (conductor)
EMI Classics 545560, CD1 Tr 9
Moderato, Adagio (Piano Quintet)
Nash Ensemble
Hyperion CDA 66645, Tr 6
The Ascension (The Apostles)
The Blessed Virgin/The Angel Gabriel ...... Alison Hargan (soprano)
Mary Magdalene ...... Alfreda Hodgson (contralto)
St John ...... David Rendall (tenor)
St Peter ...... Bryn Terfel (bass)
Jesus ...... Stephen Roberts (bass)
Judas ...... Robert Lloyd (bass)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHAN 8875/6, CD2 Trs 9-10.
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