Perspectives on Vaughan Williams (2/4)
Bass William Thomas and pianist Anna Tilbrook perform songs by Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Boulanger and Poldowski, live at the Oxford Lieder Festival.
In the second of four concerts live from the Oxford Lieder Festival, distinguished alumni of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's New Generation Artists scheme perform songs by Vaughan Williams alongside those of his contemporaries, friends and students.
The centrepiece of any celebration of the songs of Vaughan Williams has to be his Songs of Travel. These settings of Robert Louis Stevenson have been immensely popular ever since they were first heard in 1904. Acclaimed British bass baritone Ashley Riches also includes ‘The Sky Above the Roof’, a setting of Paul Verlaine, and songs by Ravel that call to mind Vaughan Williams’ studies in France and the importance of French music to his development as a composer.
Al Ryan presents from the Holywell Music Room.
Ravel: Histoires naturelles
Ravel: Un grand sommeil noir
Nadia Boulanger: Soleils couchants (Une aube affaiblie)
Régine Poldowski: L'heure exquise
Vaughan Williams: The sky above the roof
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
Ashley Riches (bass baritone), Anna Tilbrook (piano)
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Music Played
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Maurice Ravel
Histoires Naturelles
Performer: Ashley Riches. Performer: Anna Tilbrook. -
Maurice Ravel
Un Grand Sommeil Noir
Performer: Ashley Riches. Performer: Anna Tilbrook. -
Nadia Boulanger
Soleils Couchants
Performer: Ashley Riches. Performer: Anna Tilbrook. -
Lady Dean Paul Poldowski
L' Heure Exquise
Performer: Ashley Riches. Performer: Anna Tilbrook. -
Maurice Ravel
Un Grand Sommeil Noir
Performer: Ashley Riches. Performer: Anna Tilbrook. -
Nadia Boulanger
Soleils Couchants
Performer: Ashley Riches. Performer: Anna Tilbrook. -
Lady Dean Paul Poldowski
L' Heure Exquise
Performer: Ashley Riches. Performer: Anna Tilbrook. -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Sky Above The Roof
Performer: Ashley Riches. Performer: Anna Tilbrook. -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Songs of Travel
Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: Ashley Riches.
Broadcast
- Wed 19 Oct 2022 13:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3