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Butterworth - Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' (orch. P. Brookes)

Baritone Roderick Williams joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music inspired by the First World War. Butterworth’s setting from Housman’s A Shropshire Lad depicts a world on the brink of collapse.

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Credits

RoleContributor
ComposerGeorge Butterworth
PerformerRoderick Williams
OrchestraBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
ConductorAndrew Manze

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