Music by 20th-century composers.
1920 – 7
This is the seventh episode of a series of programmes on music which was composed exactly one century ago. Today, all compositions are from England. You hear music of Arnold Bax, John Ireland, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Albert Ketèlbey.
- Arnold Bax: Country Tune; A Hill Tune; Burlesque. Eric Parkin, piano
- John Ireland: The Darkened Valley; London Pieces. Eric Parkin, piano
- John Ireland: ‘The trellis’ and ‘My true love has my heart’. John Mark Ainsley, tenor; Graham Johnson, piano
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: Psalm 47 ‘O, clap your hands’. The Choir of Westminster Abbey; London Brass conducted by Martin Neary
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: 4 Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano. James Gilchrist, tenor; Philip Dukes, viola; Anna Tilbrook, piano
- Albert Ketèlbey: In a Persian Market. London Promenade Orchestra; Ambrosian Chorus conducted by Alexander Faris
- Arnold Bax: Mediterranean. Eric Parkin, piano.
