The two unifying themes of this song recital are the pastoral poetry of A.E. Housman and the unusual setting for tenor and piano plus string quartet. Though Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge came first in 1909 followed by Ivor Gurney's Ludlow and Teme in 1919 and then by Ian Venables' Songs of Eternity and Sorrow in 2004, all three song cycles share the poet's deep feeling for the English countryside. The biggest difference between the three cycles is their level of originality. Vaughan Williams' setting radiates the ...
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The two unifying themes of this song recital are the pastoral poetry of A.E. Housman and the unusual setting for tenor and piano plus string quartet. Though Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge came first in 1909 followed by Ivor Gurney's Ludlow and Teme in 1919 and then by Ian Venables' Songs of Eternity and Sorrow in 2004, all three song cycles share the poet's deep feeling for the English countryside. The biggest difference between the three cycles is their level of originality. Vaughan Williams' setting radiates the composer's avid enthusiasm for Housman's poems and for his own burgeoning musical invention. Gurney's, on the other hand, is so openly indebted to Vaughan Williams' in its style and setting that his cycle lacks a clear compositional profile, and Venables' is so mindful of its historical precedents that it sounds more like an addendum to Gurney and Vaughan Williams' cycles than an independent work.Still, while On Wenlock Edge may be the most original work here, all three contain much...
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