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A Shropshire lad
Composer: George Butterworth
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Recording date: 15 January 2016
Date of broadcast: 15 January 2016
Butterworth's best known work is his song collection A Shropshire Lad. The subject matter is often gloomy and death-obsessed, written as it was in the shadow of the Second Boer War. At the same time it is permeated, like all of Butterworth's works, by the folk song and pastoral influences of the English countryside.
Composer: George Butterworth
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Recording date: 15 January 2016
Date of broadcast: 15 January 2016
