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Composer of the Week: Bliss

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Bliss returned to London in the early 1930s. There he tried to exorcise the ghosts left by active service in the Battle of the Somme, where his brother Kennard was killed. Morning Heroes was written as a tribute to Kennard and other comrades who had fallen in the war.
The Tramps Henry Hurford (baritone), Kathron Sturrock (piano)
Hector's Farewell to Andromache; Spring Offensive (Morning Heroes)
John Westbrook (orator), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves
Viola Sonata (Istmvt) Emanuel Vardi , Kathron Sturrock (piano)
Things to Come (excerpt) BBC
Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba

Contributors

Piano:
Kathron Sturrock
Unknown:
John Westbrook
Unknown:
Emanuel Vardi
Piano:
Kathron Sturrock
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Source: Radio Times

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