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On Wenlock Edge

on BBC Two England

by Ralph Vaughan Williams (born 12 October 1872)
A setting for tenor, piano, and string quartet of six poems from A. E. Housman's
A Shropshire Lad
Singer Ryland Davies
Players: Colin Staveley (violin), Clive Lander (violin), Geoffrey York (viola), John Cullis (cello) and Martin Jones (piano)
Actors: Victoria Plucknett and John Ogwen

On the centenary of the composer's birth, this is an impression of the song-cycle, filmed in Shropshire in the spring and summer of this year.
(BBC Wales)
(Radio Times People: page 4)

Contributors

Composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Poet (A Shropshire Lad):
A. E. Housman
Singer:
Ryland Davies
Violinist:
Colin Staveley
Violinist:
Clive Lander
Viola:
Geoffrey York
Cellist:
John Cullis
Pianist:
Martin Jones
[Actress]:
Victoria Plucknett
[Actor]:
John Ogwen
Filmed by:
Robin Rollinson
Editor:
John Brewser
Producer:
Gethyn Stoodley Thomas

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