Bliss's Morning Heroes
David Temple conducts the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra and Hertfordshire Chorus in pieces commemorating the unsung heroes of war. Presented by Ian Skelly.
Ian Skelly presents a concert recorded on Saturday evening at the Watford Colosseum. Ben Johnson is the soloist in Britten's Ballad of Heroes, a heartfelt objection to the sacrifice and horror of war, and first performed just five months before the decalaration of yet another great war in September 1939. Gurney must have longed for the peace of rural Gloucestershire when he was serving at the front in WW1; as was Bliss, who dedicated his Morning Heroes to his brother 'and all other Comrades killed in battle.'
Britten Ballad of Heroes
Gurney A Gloucestershire Rhapsody
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Bliss Morning Heroes
Ben Johnson (tenor)
Samuel West (narrator)
Hertfordshire Chorus
大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
conductor David Temple
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Benjamin Britten
Ballad of Heroes
Singer: Ben Johnson. Choir: Hertfordshire Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Temple. -
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Ivor Gurney
Gloucestershire Rhapsody
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Temple. -
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Julius Harrison
Worcestershire Suite (The Shrawley Round)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Dutton.
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Ivor Gurney
The Penny Whistle; Scents (Lights Out)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates. Singer: Roderick Williams.- Dutton.
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Arthur Bliss
Morning Heroes
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Temple. Choir: Hertfordshire Chorus. -
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Robert Schumann
String Quartet Op.41 No.2 in F major
Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.- Chandos.
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- Tue 30 Oct 2018 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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