@Bartje Bartmans-Thank you so very, very much for sharing this song cycle-I was not familiar with the works of Arthur Somervell, and this is indeed a special treat! His music is beautifully composed and so deeply felt; this, along with A.E. Housman's immortal poetry is a powerful and deeply affecting journey into the world of the British art song. This performance by Christopher Maltman, baritone and Graham Johnson, piano, is wonderful. Thank you once again.
I love British music of this period but do not know this composer. I know the Butterworth setting (Lads in the Hundreds) which I always find heartbreaking..... These settings seem somehow....lighter?
Arthur Somervell wrote a nice, melancholy waltz that was part of the ABRSM violin syllabus back in the early 2000s. I still play it sometimes. Good to explore more of his music. Thanks!
Wunderschöne Interpretation dieser zehn spätromantischen und ein bisschen ethnisch komponierten Lieder in verschiedenen Tempi mit herrlicher Stimme des genialen Baritons und zurückgehltenem Klang des ebenso genialen Klaviers. Der intime und perfekt entsprechende Dialog zwischen den beiden Virtuosen ist wahrlich bewundernsert. Klasse!
Thank your very much! It was interesting to listen to that version of "A Shropshire Lad", but it was kinda strange that music to " When I was one-and-twenty" and "The lads in their hundreds" doesn't get along with the meaning of poems themselves. After listening to the genius version of Butterworth it seems so unnatural. But of course, thank you for this uploading!
The songs about the aftermath of WWI are beautiful, but heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing this.
@Bartje Bartmans-Thank you so very, very much for sharing this song cycle-I was not familiar with the works of Arthur Somervell, and this is indeed a special treat! His music is beautifully composed and so deeply felt; this, along with A.E. Housman's immortal poetry is a powerful and deeply affecting journey into the world of the British art song. This performance by Christopher Maltman, baritone and Graham Johnson, piano, is wonderful. Thank you once again.
I love British music of this period but do not know this composer. I know the Butterworth setting (Lads in the Hundreds) which I always find heartbreaking..... These settings seem somehow....lighter?
great accompaniments to the poems... this is probably the earliest piece using these poems, but I think it is still one of the best interpretations
Arthur Somervell wrote a nice, melancholy waltz that was part of the ABRSM violin syllabus back in the early 2000s. I still play it sometimes. Good to explore more of his music. Thanks!
tfw 15/8 in the thumbnail
Nothing more than a ternary five-beat bar !
Couldn't I hear his Normandy-variations for piano and orchestra?
Really,this guy was ambitious. I'll look for more. Butterworth s setting seems more interest.
Wunderschöne Interpretation dieser zehn spätromantischen und ein bisschen ethnisch komponierten Lieder in verschiedenen Tempi mit herrlicher Stimme des genialen Baritons und zurückgehltenem Klang des ebenso genialen Klaviers. Der intime und perfekt entsprechende Dialog zwischen den beiden Virtuosen ist wahrlich bewundernsert. Klasse!
Vielen Dank für die schöne Sendung
Thank your very much! It was interesting to listen to that version of "A Shropshire Lad", but it was kinda strange that music to " When I was one-and-twenty" and "The lads in their hundreds" doesn't get along with the meaning of poems themselves. After listening to the genius version of Butterworth it seems so unnatural. But of course, thank you for this uploading!
Housman had a dark (morbid) sense of humor. It is often an overlooked fact about these poems. I think Somervell captured that really well.