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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.

57 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Nov 2021 13:00

Music Played

  • Ivor Gurney

    Down by the Salley Gardens

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Singer: Ben Johnson.
  • 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