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Title

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

Publication

London : BBC Music Magazine, p2003.

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Additional Authors

• Matthews, Sally, 1975-
• Padmore, Mark.
• Maltman, Christopher.
• Burnside, Iain.
• Vignoles, Roger.
• Beale, Simon Russell.
• Allen, Ann (Piccolo player)
• Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.
• Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
• Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915.
• Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
• Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936.
• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
• Soutar, William, 1898-1943.
• Arnim, Ludwig Achim, Freiherr von, 1781-1831.
• Brentano, Clemens, 1778-1842.
• Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918.
• Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
• Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
• Lewis, Alun, 1915-1944.
• Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
• Aragon, 1897-1982.
• Desnos, Robert, 1900-1945.
• Văcărescu, Elena, 1864-1947.
• Somervell, Arthur, Sir, 1863-1937.
• Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
• MacMillan, James, 1959-
• Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.
• Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.
• Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963.
• Ireland, John, 1879-1962.
• Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962.
• Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998.
• Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956.
• Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947.
• Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
• Gurney, Ivor, 1890-1937.
• Butterworth, George, 1885-1916.

Description

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

Uniform Title

BBC music magazine.

Subjects

• Music and war
• Songs with piano
• War > Songs and music
• War poetry

Note

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

Event (note)

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

Contents

• 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) --
• 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 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

*LDC 33106

OCLC

• 53401477
• NYPG05-R10334

Title

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

Imprint

London : BBC Music Magazine, p2003.

Playing Time

010942

Performer

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

Event

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

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Added Author

Matthews, Sally, 1975- Performer

Padmore, Mark. Performer

Maltman, Christopher. Performer

Burnside, Iain. Performer

Vignoles, Roger. Performer

Beale, Simon Russell.

Allen, Ann (Piccolo player) Performer

Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.

Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915.

Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.

Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Soutar, William, 1898-1943.

Arnim, Ludwig Achim, Freiherr von, 1781-1831.

Brentano, Clemens, 1778-1842.

Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.

Lewis, Alun, 1915-1944.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.

Aragon, 1897-1982.

Desnos, Robert, 1900-1945.

Văcărescu, Elena, 1864-1947.

Somervell, Arthur, Sir, 1863-1937. Shropshire lad. On the idle hill of summer.

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Walt Whitman songs. Dirge for two veterans.

MacMillan, James, 1959- Children.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Knaben Wunderhorn. Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen.

Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. He is there!

Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Bleuet.

Ireland, John, 1879-1962. Songs (1917-1918). Soldier.

Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962. An den kleinen Radioapparat.

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Buddy on the nighshift.

Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Heart's assurance. Dancer.

Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956. Before and after summer. Channel firing.

Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Poèmes de Louis Aragon. C.

Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962. Hotelzimmer 1942.

Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947. Ma jeunesse.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Who are these children? Children.

Gurney, Ivor, 1890-1937. Severn meadows.

Butterworth, George, 1885-1916. Songs from A Shropshire lad. Lads in their hundreds.

Added Title

BBC music magazine.

Publisher No.

BBC MM235 BBC Music Magazine

Research Call Number

*LDC 33106 Program notes on file.