Adding a belated plug for the operas based on two Henry James
works, _Turn of the Screw_ (in which Britten makes wonderful use
of some English nursery rhymes) and the way spoooooky _Owen
Wingrave_, with its bleak (Norfolk?) setting--Candice
At 06:56 PM 7/15/00 -0700, you wrote:
>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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