Severn & Somme
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Severn & Somme
Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allan (piano)
[ Somm / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 March 2006
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This release affords the listener a brief but fascinating glimpse into the life and work of Ivor Gurney, his friends and fellow composers as well as the poets whose work inspired him to set to music songs of great sensitivity and originality. The title of this CD has been inspired by Gurney's poetry - Severn & Somme being the first volume to be published.
Composers: A.E. Housman, Anonymous, Christian Wilson, Edgar Billingham, Edward Thomas, Francis Ledwidge, Frank Mansell, Frederick William Harvey, Harold Monro, Herbert Howells, Ian Venables, Ivor Gurney, John Masefield, John Sanders, Robert Graves, Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Gibson, Wilfred Owen, William Butler Yeats, William Ernest Henley, William Henry Davies
Tracks:
On your midnight pallet
Dearest, when I am dead
Edward, Edward
Dreams of the sea
In Flanders
Severn Meadows
Dinny Hill
Captain Stratton's Fancy
Red roses
Song of Silence
The white cascade
The folly of being comforted
Desire in Spring
Walking Song
Lights Out: Lights Out: No. 4. Lights Out
Black Stitchel
Western Sailors
Goddess of night
The Beacon: No. 1. On Painswick Beacon
The Beacon: No. 3. Cotswold Choice
The empty cottage
Anthem for doomed youth
Midnight Lamentation: Midnight Lamentation, Op. 6
A Kiss: A Kiss, Op. 15
Flying Crooked: 2 Songs, Op. 28: No. 1. Flying Crooked
Easter Song: Easter Song, Op. 16
