Gurney, Britten and contemporaries
From Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, tenor Ben Johnson and pianist Llyr Williams present a programme of English song.
The third of this week鈥檚 recitals from Cardiff is given by tenor Ben Johnson and pianist Llyr Williams.
Recorded at the 成人快手鈥檚 Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff Bay, their programme explores the rich treasury of English song and folk songs arranged by English composers, including works by Ivor Gurney, Vaughan Williams, and Britten, as well as some of their lesser-known contemporaries. Beginning with Ivor Gurney's setting of "Down by the Salley Gardens", their recital transports us to rural idylls, with elegiac odes, ballads and cautionary tales, before coming full circle with Britten's setting of the same text.
Introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas
Ivor Gurney:
Down by the Salley Gardens
The Fields are full
Most holy night
I will go with my father a ploughing
Sleep
Elgar:
Speak Music, Op 41 No 2
Pleading, Op 48 No 1
Vaughan Williams:
Linden Lea
Silent Noon
Graham Peel : - The Early Morning
Maude Valerie White : - The Throstle
Amy Woodforde Finden: 鈥楾ill I Wake
Liza Lehman: Henry King (4 Cautionary Tales and a Moral)
Britten:
Little Sir William
Early One Morning
The Salley Gardens
Oliver Cromwell
Ben Johnson, tenor
Llyr Williams, piano
Produced by Luke Whitlock for 成人快手 Wales.
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Ivor Gurney
Down by the Salley Gardens
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Ivor Gurney
The Fields are Full
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Ivor Gurney
Most holy night
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Ivor Gurney
I will go with my father a ploughing
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Ivor Gurney
Sleep
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Edward Elgar
Speak Music, Op 41, No 2
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Edward Elgar
Pleading, Op 48
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Linden Lea
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Silent noon
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Graham Peel
The Early Morning
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Maude Val茅rie White
The Throstle
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Amy Woodforde-Finden
'Till I Wake
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Liza Lehmann
Henry King (4 Cautionary Tales and a Moral)
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Benjamin Britten
Little Sir William
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Benjamin Britten
Early One Morning
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Benjamin Britten
The Salley Gardens
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
Benjamin Britten
Oliver Cromwell
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson.
Broadcast
- Thu 4 Nov 2021 13:00成人快手 Radio 3