14 May 2008
Vaughan Williams Anniversary
Wednesday 14 May 2008 19:00-20:45 (Radio 3)
Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert given during the Brighton Festival by the City of London Sinfonia under Richard Hickox to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
The programme includes the Songs of Travel, in their less well-known orchestral arrangement, and culminates with a performance of the rarely heard music drama Riders to the Sea. The text is based on a tragic one-act play by JM Synge, which centres on a grief-stricken Irish fishing community.
Vaughan Williams: Overture (The Wasps); Toward the Unknown Region; Songs of Travel; Riders to the Sea
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist:
Gerald Finley (baritone)
Maurya ...... Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Bartley ...... Matthew Brooke (bass)
Cathleen ...... Sarah Fox (soprano)
Nora ...... Gillian Keith (soprano)
Brighton Festival Chorus
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
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