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Adlestrop
Text: Edward Thomas Published by Music Sales Classical … [Read more...]
From the Woodlanders
1st perf: 8 November 1999 Keele University Jane’s Minstrels Jane Manning, soprano Roger Montgomery, conductor Text: Thomas Hardy Plus further performances by Jane's Minstrels Recording on NMC Self-published Programme note: Setting words from Hardy's novel The Woodlanders was a long cherished project: I first contemplated the possibility when I was a student in … [Read more...]
Poems of Edward Thomas
1st perf: 25 September 2003 Malvern Concert Club, Malvern Theatres Jane’s Minstrels Jane Manning, soprano Text: Edward Thomas Includes a version of Adlestrop Recorded on NMC Self-published Programme note: Casting about a few years ago for a suitable poem to set as a birthday present for my wife Jane Manning, I took up the poems of Edward Thomas. Suddenly, … [Read more...]
The Headland
1st perf: Alison Wells, soprano Andrew Ball, piano Royal College of Music, 3 October 2008 Text: Ursula Vaughan-Williams Private recording Self-published … [Read more...]