27. George Butterworth: Lecture-recital led by Kate Kennedy
19 October 2022, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
George Butterworth, best known for his settings of A.E. Housman’s A Shropshire Lad, was an alumnus of Trinity College. In the College’s new building, Kate Kennedy examines his life and songs, illustrated by Oxford Lieder Young Artists, and complemented by a small exhibition of letters and photos from the College’s archive.
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The event duration is approximately 1 hour and there will be no interval.
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Programme
- George Butterworth (1885 - 1916)
- Loveliest of trees (1911) from Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
- When I was one-and-twenty (1911) from Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
- Cecil Sharp (1859 - 1924)
- Blackbirds and Thrushes
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
- The roadside fire (1904) from Songs of Travel (1904)
- George Butterworth (1885 - 1916)
- On the Idle Hill of Summer (1919) from On Bredon Hill
- Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
- Love is a Bable
- George Butterworth (1885 - 1916)
- Requiescat
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
- In the Spring
- George Butterworth (1885 - 1916)
- Life in her creaking shoes from Love Blows as the Wind Blows
- Roving in the Dew from Folk Songs from Sussex
- Think no more, lad (1911) from Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
- Is my team ploughing? (1911) from Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
Artists
Series
14 October 2022 | 11:00am