Green and Pleasant Land
Exploring the life and work of the English Pastoralists, Donald Macleod introduces music inspired by English landscapes. With Parry, Finzi, Holst, Butterworth and Vaughan Williams.
Donald Macleod looks at the lives and works of the English Pastoralist composers. A feeling for landscape and a sense of place was very important to these composers, who often responded directly to the places they knew and loved. In this programme we hear some of the music inspired by English landscapes.
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Hubert Parry
Jerusalem, orch. Elgar for chorus and orchestra
Conductor: David HILL Performer: Bournemouth S O Performer: Waynflete Singers Performer: Westminster Cathedral Choir Performer: Winchester Cathedral Choir
- DECCA.
- 470-378-2.
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Gerald Finzi
A Severn rhapsody Op.3
Conductor: Howard GRIFFITHS Performer: Northern Sinfonia.
- NAXOS.
- 8.-553566.
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Gustav Holst
Cotswold symphony H.47
Conductor: David ATHERTON Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- LYRITA.
- SRCD-209.
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Arthur BUTTERWORTH
3 Nocturnes: Northern Summer Nights Op.18 for orchestra
Conductor: Arthur BUTTERWORTH Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Dutton Epoch.
- CDLX 7253.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.Conductor: Andrew DAVIS Performer: Tasmin LITTLE - Violin Performer: BBC S O.
- TELDEC.
- 9031-73127-2.
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- Mon 13 Aug 201218:30BBC Radio 3
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