Britten did a sweet of song settings for tenor and orchestra--I can't
remember what it's called, but it included his setting of Nash's (or
Nashe's) "Canticle in Time of Plague." That piece, and the suite as a
whole, is my favorite Britten.
At 02:06 AM 7/16/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Joseph,
>
>Yes, I'm sure I had a CD once upon a time . . . singer was
>Ian Bostridge . . . which included Britten's Auden (Hyperion
>label if I remember). Unfortunately I sold it a while back
>otherwise I'd take another listen.
>
>Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings caught my ear a few years
>ago . . . might be a good place to try again.
>
>As for poems set to music, I can highly recommend John
>Tavener's setting of Blake's 'The Lamb' to anyone who hasn't
>heard it -- very powerful, very moving. He's also set 'The Tyger',
>although I've not heard it yet.
>
>Might be an interesting thread . . . I've yet to hear Copland's
>settings of (12?) Emily Dickinson poems.
>
>I've a feeling a couple of Hill's poems were also set -- was
>'Christmas Trees' one of them? Dominic might know . . . . .
>
>
>Andy
>
>
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