Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Elizabeth Watts and Julius Drake

Elizabeth Watts and Julius Drake

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Elizabeth Watts and Julius Drake

A recital of songs by Gustav and Imogen Holst

Live from London's Wigmore Hall, soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Julius Drake perform a song recital of music by father and daughter Gustav and Imogen Holst.

A former member of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, Elizabeth Watts joins Julius Drake to perform a recital of songs by father and daughter: Gustav and Imogen Holst. While Gustav's songs regularly make their way into programmes, Imogen's have enjoyed far less success. In this recital, as well as Gustav's Vedic Hymns, inspired by the Rig Veda (a collection of over 1000 sacred hymns of praise, composed in Vedic Sanskrit), we're treated to some hidden gems, including what is possibly the world premiere of three of Imogen's 10 Appalachian Folksongs.

Live from London's Wigmore Hall.
Presented by Martin Handley.

Gustav Holst:
Calm is the morn (from Six Songs, Op 16)
Persephone (from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, Op 48)
Betelgeuse (from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, Op 48)
The heart worships 
The floral bandit (from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Songs, Op 48)

Imogen Holst:
Weathers 
Shall I thus ever long (from Four Songs, 1944)
As lawrell leaves (from Four Songs, 1944)

Imogen Holst (excerpts from 10 Appalachian Folksongs): 
My dearest dear
The brisk young lover 
I must and I will get married 

Gustav Holst: 
Vedic Hymns (1908) 

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)

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