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Radio 3,01 Jul 2020,11 mins

Five Songs to Poems By Herrick

Experience Classical

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Written in 1967 - just four years before her death - Dring's compositional skills and individuality are distilled into five songs setting texts by 17th century London poet, Robert Herrick. Composer: Madeleine Dring Performers: Robert Tear (Tenor) Performer: Anthony Saunders (Piano) Recording date: 15 February 1980 Date of broadcast: 09 July 1980

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