Episode 5
Bridge was not alone amongst composers in finding that what he wanted to write was not necessarily what the public wanted to hear. Donald Macleod and Paul Hindmarsh examine how he found himself increasingly at odds with his audience as he searched for a distinctive voice.
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Frank Bridge
Song: Go not, happy day (Tennyson) (1903)
Performers: Jamie McDougall (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67812 CD1 t10.
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Frank Bridge
Three Lyrics (1921-4)
Performers: Ashley Wass (piano)
- NAXOS 8.557842 t11-13.
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Frank Bridge
Sir Roger de Coverley (orchestral version) (1922)
Performers: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10112 t8.
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Frank Bridge
Piano Trio no.2 (1929)
Performers: Bernard Roberts Trio
- Black Box BBM1028 t2-4.
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Frank Bridge
Threads: First movement (Andante)
Performers: Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
- CONIFER 75605513272 t11.
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- Fri 19 Jan 200712:00BBC Radio 3
- Fri 26 Jan 200700:00BBC Radio 3
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