Episode 2
John Ireland (1879-1962): 2/5. Donald Macleod explores how Ireland, a practising Anglo-Catholic, discovered his pagan leanings.
John Ireland (1879-1962)
2/5. Donald Macleod explores how Ireland, a practising Anglo-Catholic, discovered his pagan leanings. His motet, Greater Love Hath No Man, and his orchestral prelude, The Forgotten Rite, reflect these two apparently divergent sides of his personality.
Greater Love Hath No Man
Michael Pearce (tenor)
Paul Robinson (baritone)
Christopher Hughes (organ)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
The Forgotten Rite (Prelude for Orchestra)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paul Barrit (violin)
Catherine Edwards (piano)
The Land of Lost Content (Housman, from A Shropshire Lad)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Benjamin Britten (piano).
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- Tue 13 Nov 200712:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 13 Nov 200720:45BBC Radio 3
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