Dances of Death
With Richard Baker. During the First World War, many young English composers were killed in action and a whole generation of talent was cut down in its prime. One of the most famous was George Butterworth , who died in the trenches at Pozieres in August 1916, barely a month after his 31st birthday. Although he originally pursued a career in law, music took up more and more of his time, and in 1910 he went to study at the Royal College of Music. But it was his meeting with Vaughan Williams that made all the difference to his career. Including excerpts from: Butterworth The Banks of Green
Willow; A Shropshire Lad
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, conductor Grant Llewellyn Holst Mars (The Planets) London Philharmonic, conductor Hilary Davan Wetton
Vaughan Williams Symphony No 3 (Pastoral) (Excerpt)
LSO, conductor Andre Previn
SOUNDING THE CENTURY