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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.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Ivor Gurney

    Lights out - song-cycle

    Performer: Iain BURNSIDE - Piano Performer: Susan BICKLEY - Mezzo-soprano

    • Naxos.
    • 8.572151.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Pastoral symphony (Symphony no.3)

    Conductor: Bryden THOMSON Performer: London S O.

    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN-8594.
    • -1.
  • Frank Bridge

    Lament vers. for piano

    Performer: Ashley WASS - Piano

    • Naxos.
    • 8-557921.
    • -4.
  • Ernest Bristow FARRAR

    English pastoral impressions Op.26 for orchestra

    Conductor: Alasdair MITCHELL Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra

    • Chandos.
    • 9586.
  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire lad - rhapsody for orchestra [1912]

    Conductor: Adrian BOULT Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra

    • BELART.
    • 461-354 2.

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 Aug 2012 18:30

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