Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Foote, Guthrie.
2. Willcocks, David, 1919-2015.
3. Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
4. Clare College (University of Cambridge). Choir. prf
5. English Voices. prf
6. Dmitri Ensemble. prf

Description

1. 1 sound disc (56 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Subject

1. Choruses, Secular (Women's voices), Unaccompanied
2. Cantatas, Secular

Contents

1. Folk songs of the four seasons. Prologue. To the ploughboy (7:35) -- Spring. Early in the Spring (2:15) ; The lark in the morning (2:45) ; May song (2:47) -- Summer. Summer is a-coming in and The cuckoo (3:18); The sprig of thyme (2:32) ; The sheep shearing (2:31) ; The green meadow (1:24) ; Autumn. John Barleycorn (2:47) ; The unquiet grave (4:43) ; An acre of land (1:59) -- Winter. Children's Christmas song (3:19) ; Wassail song (2:14) ; In Bethlehem city (3:28) ; God bless the master (4:04) -- In Windsor forest. The conspiracy (1:46) ; Falstaff and the fairies (4:45) ; Wedding chorus (4:44) ; Epilogue (Whether men do laugh or weep (2:22).

Note

1. Cantatas.
2. For unacc. women's chorus; the 2nd work originally consisted of 5 songs (the 2nd, Drinking song, omitted by Foote) for chorus with orchestra, adapted from the opera Sir John in love.
3. Compact disc.
4. Program notes and vocal texts ([20] p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

1. Recorded Jan. 9-10, 2009, at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.