Not Really Lambkins Frisking
Donald Macleod considers the ways in which the First World War impacted upon the English Pastoralist composers.
The First World War had an abrupt effect on the cultural life of Europe and brought an age to an end - just as the fruits of the English musical renaissance were beginning to mature. In this programme, Donald Macleod looks at the ways in which the Great War impacted upon the English Pastoralist composers.
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Ivor Gurney
Lights out - song-cycle
Performer: Iain BURNSIDE - Piano Performer: Susan BICKLEY - Mezzo-soprano
- Naxos.
- 8.572151.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Pastoral symphony (Symphony no.3)
Conductor: Bryden THOMSON Performer: London S O.
- CHANDOS.
- CHAN-8594.
- -1.
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Frank Bridge
Lament vers. for piano
Performer: Ashley WASS - Piano
- Naxos.
- 8-557921.
- -4.
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Ernest Bristow FARRAR
English pastoral impressions Op.26 for orchestra
Conductor: Alasdair MITCHELL Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Chandos.
- 9586.
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George Butterworth
A Shropshire lad - rhapsody for orchestra [1912]
Conductor: Adrian BOULT Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- BELART.
- 461-354 2.
Broadcast
- Wed 15 Aug 201218:30BBC Radio 3
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