Rve Novelists
With Peggy Reynolds.
2: Thomas Hardy. The poetry of Thomas Hardy has attracted the attention of many British composers. But his novels - from Tess of the D'Urbervilles to The Return of the Native - also throb with hidden music. In Under the Greenwood Tree it plays a central role. Including excerpts from:
Vaughan Williams Symphony No 9 BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Richard Rodney Bennett Film music: Far from the Madding Crowd
James Galway (flute), orchestra, conducted by the Composer Hoist Egdon Heath
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn
Plus traditional music of Hardy's time played by the Mellstock Band.
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