The Frostbound Wood: British Songs by Warlock Howells, Howard and Roe
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The Frostbound Wood: British Songs by Warlock Howells, Howard and Roe
Tim Travers-Brown (counter-tenor), Jeremy Filsell (piano)
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Release Date: Monday 30 March 2009
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The 20th Century composers Peter Warlock, Herbert Howells, Michael Howard and Betty Roe were all inspired by the music of their country, both in the words they set in song and the music they composed. Tim Travers Brown, accompanied by Jeremy Filsell, explore the counter-tenor's role in British songwriting. Whilst Roe and Howard wrote specifically with the counter-tenor voice in mind, Warlock and Howells did not, providing the counter-tenor with a fantastic opportunity to highlight some of their best works in a new perspective.
This programme forms a delicate balance between modern styles and historical influences featuring the songs 'My Little Sweet Darling' and 'The Night' by Peter Warlock, 'The Painted Rose' by Michael Howard, 'When the Dew is Falling' by Herbert Howells and 'Noble Numbers' by Betty Roe.
"Tudor and Renaissance styles mix happily with echoes of Delius in this wide-ranging CD...Tim Travers-Brown sings with a sinewy grace throughout and Jeremy Filsell accompanies with mercurial charm." The Observer
Tracks:
The Frostbound Wood - My Little Sweet Darling - Peter Warlock
Take, O Take Those Lips Away - Peter Warlock
And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus? - Peter Warlock
Sleep - Peter Warlock
The Droll Lover - Peter Warlock
Mourn No More - Peter Warlock
My Own Country - Peter Warlock
The Painted Rose - The Painted Rose Michael Howard
So By My Singing Am I Comforted - Michael Howard
Before Sleep - Michael Howard
David's Lament for Johnathan - Michael Howard
Three Middle English Songs - A Hymn to the Virgin - Michael Howard
May in the Grenewode - Michael Howard
This Worldes Joie - Michael Howard
Mrs. MacQueen
When the Dew is Falling - Herbert Howells
Full Moon - Herbert Howell
Noble Numbers - To His Saviour, a Child; a Present, by a Child - Betty Roe
To God; An anthem sung before the King in the chapel at Whitehall - Betty Roe
To God - Betty Roe
To His Angrie God - Betty Roe
To His Sweet Saviour - Betty Roe
My Gostly Fader - Peter Warlock
The Frostbound Wood - Peter Warlock
Bethlehem Down - Peter Warlock
The Night - Peter Warlock
