大象传媒

A former member of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, Elizabeth Watts joins Julius Drake to perform a recital of songs by father and daughter: Gustav and Imogen Holst. While Gustav's songs regularly make their way into programmes, Imogen's have enjoyed far less success. In this recital, as well as Gustav's Vedic Hymns, inspired by the Rig Veda (a collection of over 1000 sacred hymns of praise, composed in Vedic Sanskrit), we're treated to some hidden gems, including what is possibly the world premiere of three of Imogen's 10 Appalachian Folksongs.

Live from London's Wigmore Hall.
Presented by Martin Handley.

Gustav Holst:
Calm is the morn (from Six Songs, Op 16)
Persephone (from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, Op 48)
Betelgeuse (from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, Op 48)
The heart worships
The floral bandit (from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, Op 48)

Imogen Holst:
Weathers
Shall I thus ever long (from Four Songs, 1944)
As lawrell leaves (from Four Songs, 1944)

Imogen Holst (excerpts from 10 Appalachian Folksongs):
My dearest dear
The brisk young lover
I must and I will get married

Gustav Holst:
Vedic Hymns (1908)

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)