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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 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ'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 β€˜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)
RΓ©gine Poldowski: L'heure exquise
Vaughan Williams: The sky above the roof
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel

Ashley Riches (bass baritone), Anna Tilbrook (piano)

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 19 Oct 2022 13:00

Music Played

  • 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 13:00