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Additional authors

1. Matthews, Sally, 1975-
2. Padmore, Mark
3. Maltman, Christopher
4. Burnside, Iain
5. Vignoles, Roger
6. Beale, Simon Russell
7. Allen, Ann (Piccolo player)
8. Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.
9. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
10. Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915.
11. Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
12. Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936.
13. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
14. Soutar, William, 1898-1943.
15. Arnim, Ludwig Achim, Freiherr von, 1781-1831.
16. Brentano, Clemens, 1778-1842.
17. Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918.
18. Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
19. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
20. Lewis, Alun, 1915-1944.
21. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
22. Aragon, 1897-1982.
23. Desnos, Robert, 1900-1945.
24. Văcărescu, Elena, 1864-1947.
25. Somervell, Arthur, Sir, 1863-1937.
26. Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
27. MacMillan, James, 1959-
28. Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.
29. Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.
30. Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963.
31. Ireland, John, 1879-1962.
32. Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962.
33. Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998.
34. Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956.
35. Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947.
36. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
37. Gurney, Ivor, 1890-1937.
38. Butterworth, George, 1885-1916.

Description

1. 1 sound disc : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform title

1. BBC music magazine.

Subject

1. Music and war
2. War > Songs and music
3. War poetry
4. Songs with piano

Contents

1. On the idle hill of summer / Arthur Somervell ; words by AE Housman (2:41) -- Anthem for doomed youth / Wilfred Owen (:54) -- Dirge for two veterans / Kurt Weill ; words by Walt Whitman (4:20) -- The children / James MacMillan ; words by William Soutar (6:20) -- Corporal Stare / Robert Graves (1:33) -- Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen / Gustav Mahler ; words by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano (6:20) -- He is there! / Charles Ives ; words by Charles Ives (4:16) -- Bleuet / Francis Poulenc ; words by Guillaume Apollinaire (3:11) --
2. The soldier / Rupert Brooke (1:06) -- The soldier / John Ireland ; words by Rupert Brooke (2:53) -- An den kleinen Radioapparat / Hanns Eisler ; words by Bertolt Brecht (1:18) -- Buddy on the nighshift / Kurt Weill ; words by Oscar Hammerstein II (2:47) -- The dancer / Michael Tippett ; words by Alun Lewis (2:19) -- Counter-attack / Siegfried Sassoon (2:25) -- Channel firing / Gerald Finzi ; words by Thomas Hardy (6:16) -- C / Francis Poulenc ; words by Louis Aragon (2:59) -- Hotelzimmer 1942 / Hanns Eisler ; words by Bertolt Brecht (2:02) -- Ma jeunesse / Reynaldo Hahn ; words by Hélène Vacaresco (2:20) --
3. Dulce et decorum est / Wilfred Owen (1:55) -- The children / Benjamin Britten ; words by William Soutar (4:44) -- Le disparu / Francis Poulenc; words byRobert Desnos (1:37) -- Severn meadows / Ivor Gurney ; words by Ivor Gurney (1:46) -- The parable of the old man and the young / Wilfred Owen (:58) -- The lads in their hundreds / George Butterworth ; words by AE Housman (2:27).

Call number

1. *LDC 33106

Note

1. Issued with BBC Music Magazine, v. 12, no. 3 (Nov. 2003)
2. Compact disc.
3. Program notes by Iain Burnside and biographical notes on the performers ([8] p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

1. Recorded Jan. 25, 2002, at the BBC Maida Vale Studios, and July 15 and 27, 2003, at The Warehouse.

Title

1. The pity of war [sound recording] : songs and poems of wartime suffering.

Imprint

1. London : BBC Music Magazine, p2003.

Playing time

1. 010942

Performer

1. Variously: Sally Matthews, soprano ; Mark Padmore, tenor ; Christopher Maltman, baritone ; Iain Burnside, Roger Vignoles, piano ; Simon Russell Beale, reader ; Ann Allen, piccolo.

Event

1. Recorded Jan. 25, 2002, at the BBC Maida Vale Studios, and July 15 and 27, 2003, at The Warehouse.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Matthews, Sally, 1975- Performer
2. Padmore, Mark. Performer
3. Maltman, Christopher. Performer
4. Burnside, Iain. Performer
5. Vignoles, Roger. Performer
6. Beale, Simon Russell.
7. Allen, Ann (Piccolo player) Performer
8. Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.
9. Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
10. Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915.
11. Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
12. Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936.
13. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
14. Soutar, William, 1898-1943.
15. Arnim, Ludwig Achim, Freiherr von, 1781-1831.
16. Brentano, Clemens, 1778-1842.
17. Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918.
18. Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
19. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
20. Lewis, Alun, 1915-1944.
21. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
22. Aragon, 1897-1982.
23. Desnos, Robert, 1900-1945.
24. Văcărescu, Elena, 1864-1947.
25. Somervell, Arthur, Sir, 1863-1937. Shropshire lad. On the idle hill of summer.
26. Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Walt Whitman songs. Dirge for two veterans.
27. MacMillan, James, 1959- Children.
28. Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Knaben Wunderhorn. Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen.
29. Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. He is there!
30. Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Bleuet.
31. Ireland, John, 1879-1962. Songs (1917-1918). Soldier.
32. Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962. An den kleinen Radioapparat.
33. Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Buddy on the nighshift.
34. Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Heart's assurance. Dancer.
35. Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956. Before and after summer. Channel firing.
36. Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Poèmes de Louis Aragon. C.
37. Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962. Hotelzimmer 1942.
38. Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947. Ma jeunesse.
39. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Who are these children? Children.
40. Gurney, Ivor, 1890-1937. Severn meadows.
41. Butterworth, George, 1885-1916. Songs from A Shropshire lad. Lads in their hundreds.

Added title

1. BBC music magazine.

Publisher no.

1. BBC MM235 BBC Music Magazine

Research call number

1. *LDC 33106 Program notes on file.