The pity of war : songs and poems of wartime suffering.

Format Audio (CD)
Publication Info[London] : BBC Music Magazine, ℗2003.
Description1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorMatthews, Sally, 1975- performer.
Other author/creatorPadmore, Mark performer.
Other author/creatorMaltman, Christopher performer.
Other author/creatorBurnside, Iain, performer.
Other author/creatorVignoles, Roger performer.
Other author/creatorBeale, Simon Russell narrator.
Other author/creatorAllen, Ann (Piccolo player), performer.
Other author/creatorOwen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.
Other author/creatorGraves, Robert, 1895-1985.
Other author/creatorBrooke, Rupert, 1887-1915.
Other author/creatorSassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
Included WorkSomervell, Arthur, 1863-1937. Shropshire lad. On the idle hill of summer.
Included WorkWeill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Walt Whitman songs. Dirge for two veterans.
Included WorkMacMillan, James, 1959- Children.
Included WorkMahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Knaben Wunderhorn. Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen arranged.
Included WorkIves, Charles, 1874-1954. He is there!
Included WorkPoulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Songs. Selections.
Included WorkIreland, John, 1879-1962. Songs (1917-1918). Soldier.
Included WorkEisler, Hanns, 1898-1962. An den kleinen Radioapparat.
Included WorkWeill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Buddy on the nightshift.
Included WorkTippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Heart's assurance. Dancer.
Included WorkFinzi, Gerald, 1901-1956. Before and after summer. Channel firing.
Included WorkEisler, Hanns, 1898-1962. Hotelzimmer 1942.
Included WorkHahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947. Ma jeunesse.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Who are these children? Children.
Included WorkGurney, Ivor, 1890-1937. Severn meadows.
Included WorkButterworth, George, 1885-1916. Songs from A Shropshire lad. Lads in their hundreds.
Portion of title Songs and poems of wartime suffering
SeriesBBC music magazine ; v. 12, no. 3
BBC music magazine collection v. 12, no. 3. ^A1178785
Contents On the idle hill of summer / Arthur Somervell ; words by A.E. 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) -- 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) -- Dulce et decorum est / Wilfred Owen (1:55) -- The children / Benjamin Britten ; words by William Soutar (4:44) -- Le disparu / Francis Poulenc ; words by Robert 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 A.E. Housman (2:27).
General noteTitle from disc label.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteProgram notes by Iain Burnside and biographical notes on the performers (6 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
CreditsProducer, Clive Portbury.
Performer Sally Matthews, soprano (4th, 6th, 12th, 16th, and 18th works) ; Mark Padmore, tenor (3rd, 8th, 11th, 13th, 17th, and 20th-21st works) ; Christopher Maltman, baritone (1st, 7th, 10th, 15th, 22nd, and 24th works) ; Iain Burnside or Roger Vignoles, piano ; Simon Russell Beale, reader (poems) (2nd, 5th, 9th, 14th, 19th, and 23rd works) ; Ann Allen, piccolo (7th work).
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Jan. 25, 2002, at BBC Maida Vale Studios, and July 15 and 27, 2003, at the Warehouse.
LanguageSung or spoken in English (1st-5th, 7th, 9th-10th, 12th-15th, 19th-20th, and 22nd-24th works), German (6th, 11th, and 17th), or French (8th, 16th, 18th, and 21st).
Other title BBC music magazine.
LCCN 2007656851
Publisher numberBBC MM235 BBC Music Magazine

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