BBC Music, Volume 12, Number 3: The Pity of War

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1On the Idle Hill of Summer
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
recording of:
A Shropshire Lad: 6. On the Idle Hill of Summer
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
Sir Arthur Somervell (composer)
part of:
A Shropshire Lad
Arthur Somervell2:41
2Anthem for Doomed Youth
spoken vocals:
Simon Russell Beale (actor)
recording of:
Anthem for Doomed Youth
writer:
Wilfred Owen (in 1917)
Wilfred Owen0:55
3Dirge for Two Veterans
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Mark Padmore (British tenor)
recording of:
Dirge for Two Veterans
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
part of:
Four Walt Whitman Songs
Kurt Weill4:21
4The Children
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Sally Matthews (soprano)
recording of:
The Children
lyricist:
William Soutar
composer:
Sir James MacMillan (composer and conductor) (in 1995)
James MacMillan6:20
5Corporal Stare
spoken vocals:
Simon Russell Beale (actor)
recording of:
Corporal Stare
writer:
Robert Graves (English poet)
Robert Graves1:34
6Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Sally Matthews (soprano)
recording of:
Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
premiered in:
Wien, Austria (on 1900-01-14)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer)
part of:
Lieder aus “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”
Gustav Mahler6:21
7He Is There!
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist)
piccolo:
Ann Allen
baritone vocals:
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
recording of:
He Is There!, S. 262
lyricist:
John McCrae (poet)
composer:
Charles Ives (composer) (in 1917)
part of:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives (number: S. 262)
Charles Ives4:17
8Bleuet
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Mark Padmore (British tenor)
recording of:
Bleuet, FP 102
lyricist:
Guillaume Apollinaire
composer:
Francis Poulenc (pianist and composer) (in 1939)
part of:
Francis Poulenc’s works (FP) (number: FP 102)
Francis Poulenc3:12
9The Soldier
spoken vocals:
Simon Russell Beale (actor)
recording of:
The Soldier
writer:
Rupert Brooke (war poet)
Rupert Brooke1:06
10The Soldier
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
recording of:
Two Songs: No. 1 “The Soldier”
lyricist:
Rupert Brooke (war poet)
composer:
John Ireland (English composer) (from 1917 until 1918)
is based on:
The Soldier
part of:
Two Songs (“The Soldier” & “Blow Out, You Bugles”)
John Ireland2:53
11An den kleinen Radioapparat
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Mark Padmore (British tenor)
recording of:
An den kleinen Radioapparat
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Hanns Eisler (composer)
Hanns Eisler1:19
12Buddy on the Nightshift
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Sally Matthews (soprano)
recording of:
Buddy on the Nightshift
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
Kurt Weill2:48
13The Dancer
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Mark Padmore (British tenor)
recording of:
The Heart's Assurance: No. 4. The Dancer
lyricist:
Alun Lewis
composer:
Sir Michael Tippett (composer) (from 1950 until 1951)
part of:
The Heart's Assurance
Michael Tippett2:19
14Counter-Attack
spoken vocals:
Simon Russell Beale (actor)
recording of:
Counter-Attack
writer:
Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon2:26
15Channel Firing
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
recording of:
Before and After Summer, op. 16: 5. Channel Firing
lyricist:
Thomas Hardy (poet)
composer:
Gerald Finzi (composer) (from 1932 until 1949)
part of:
Before and After Summer, op. 16
Gerald Finzi6:16
16C
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Sally Matthews (soprano)
recording of:
Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122: Nº1. C
lyricist:
Louis Aragon (French poet)
composer:
Francis Poulenc (pianist and composer) (in 1943)
part of:
Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122
Francis Poulenc2:59
17Hotelzimmer 1942
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Mark Padmore (British tenor)
recording of:
Hotelzimmer 1942
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Hanns Eisler (composer)
Hanns Eisler2:03
18Ma jeunesse
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Sally Matthews (soprano)
recording of:
Ma jeunesse
lyricist:
Hélène Vacaresco
composer:
Reynaldo Hahn (composer)
Reynaldo Hahn2:20
19Dulce et decorum est
spoken vocals:
Simon Russell Beale (actor)
recording of:
Dulce et decorum est
writer:
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen1:55
20The Children
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Mark Padmore (British tenor)
recording of:
Who Are These Children?, op. 84: The Children
lyricist:
William Soutar
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1969)
part of:
Who Are These Children?, op. 84
Benjamin Britten4:45
21Le disparu
piano:
Iain Burnside (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Mark Padmore (British tenor)
recording of:
Le Disparu, FP 134
lyricist:
Robert Desnos
composer:
Francis Poulenc (pianist and composer) (in 1946)
part of:
Francis Poulenc’s works (FP) (number: FP 134)
Francis Poulenc1:38
22Severn Meadows
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
recording of:
Severn Meadows
lyricist and composer:
Ivor Gurney
Ivor Gurney1:46
23The Parable of the Old Man and the Young
spoken vocals:
Simon Russell Beale (actor)
recording of:
The Parable of the Old Man and the Young
writer:
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen0:59
24The Lads in Their Hundreds
piano:
Roger Vignoles (pianist)
baritone vocals:
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
recording of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: V. The Lads in their Hundreds
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth2:27