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Songs of Vain Glory
GERALD FINZI
1.
At a Lunar Eclipse
3:41
No.6 of Till Earth Outwears Op.19 (1929)
A Call to Arms
TRADITIONAL
arr. Benjamin Britten
2.
O the sight entrancing
1:49
No.10 of Folk Song Arrangements, Vol.4, 'Moore's Irish Melodies' (1957)
ARTHUR SOMERVELL
3.
To Lucasta, on going to the wars
1:11
No.1 of Three New Old Songs (publ. 1927)
FRANK BRIDGE
4.
'Tis but a week (1919)
1:40
CHARLES IVES
5.
Tom sails away (1917)
2:44
IVOR GURNEY
6.
Most Holy Night (1920)
3:18
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
7.
A soft day (1913)
2:34
TRADITIONAL
arr. Benjamin Britten
8.
Sweet Polly Oliver
2:16
No.3 of Folk Song Arrangements, Vol.3, 'The British Isles' (1945-46)
HAYDN WOOD
9.
Roses of Picardy (1916)
4:21
A Popular Medley
ROBERT WESTON/ BERT LEE
10.
Goodbye-ee (1917)
2:27
NAT D. AYER
11.
If I were the only girl (1916)
2:30
IVOR NOVELLO
12.
We'll gather lilacs (1945)
3:27
At Sea
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
13.
Sailor's Song
2:10
No.31 of 6 Original Canzonettas, Book 2, HXXVIa:31-36 (1795)
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
14.
Submarines
1:57
No.3 of The Fringes of the Fleet (1917)
CHARLES DIBDIN
arr. Benjamin Britten
15.
Tom Bowling
4:34
from The Oddities (1789, arranged c.1959)
IVOR GURNEY
16.
The ship
2:15
(publ. 1952)
Bereavement
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
17.
Oft in the stilly night
2:30
No.8 of Folk Song Arrangements, Vol.4, 'Moore's Irish Melodies' (1957)
JOHN IRELAND
18.
Spring sorrow (1918)
1:45
LIZA LEHMANN
19.
When I am dead, my dearest (1918)
2:21
FRANK BRIDGE
20.
Come to me in my dreams (1906)
3:46
After the Armistice
PETER WARLOCK
21.
My own country
1:59
No.3 of Three Belloc songs (1927)
GUSTAV HOLST
22.
Journey's End
2:16
No.9 of 12 Songs, Op.48 (1929)
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
23.
Homeward Bound
5:32
No.4 of Songs of the Sea, Op.91 (1904)
encore
IVOR NOVELLO
24.
We'll gather lilacs (1945)
1:26
reprise - first two verses
Total time: 64:29
Recorded live on 14 December 2014 at:
Notes
With each season soprano Sophie Bevan grows in artistic stature and when taking breaks from her distinguished operatic career, she has always felt supremely comfortable performing songs. Her enduring partnership with Sebastian Wybrew began as students at the Royal College of Music and this, their debut release on Wigmore Hall Live, captures her beguiling artistry and astonishing vocal gifts.
A recital to commemorate the anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, Songs of Vain Glory draws from a wider range of songs in English depicting the excitement, disillusionment and peace of those who must leave to fight and the love, fear and loss of those left behind. From the timeless, astral perspective of Finzi's 'At a lunar eclipse' to the oceanic depths of Elgar's 'Submarines' and the cosy evergreen 'We'll gather lilacs'.
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