Vaughan Williams and the Lost Generation
Stephen Johnson considers Vaughan-Williams's The Lark Ascending and Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad in the light of English music written in the lead-up to the First World War.
Stephen Johnson is joined by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Michael Seal, with violinist Lesley Hatfield and tenor James Gilchrist for an exploration of the English idyll in the light of some of the music to have appeared in the lead-up to the First World War, specifically Butterworth's A Shrophsire Lad and Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge and The Lark Ascending.
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Vaughan Williams and the Lost Generation
Duration: 38:20
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George Butterworth
A Shropshire lad
Performers: Michael Seal (conductor), Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge
Performers: Michael Seal (conductor), Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales, James Gilchrist (tenor)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performers: Michael Seal (conductor), Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales, Lesley Hatfield (violin)
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- Sun 9 Nov 2008 17:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3