The Lyric Feature Friday 24 May 2013
Benjamin Britten Part 1
In celebration of the centenary of the birth of composer and performer Benjamin Britten, musicians and others who knew and worked with recall their experiences, in conversation with Jon Tolansky. He also meets artists who are performing Britten’s works in this anniversary year. Contributors include singers Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, John Shirley-Quirk and the late Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, conductors Stuart Bedford and Bernard Keeffe, pianist Graham Johnson and former members of the London Symphony and English Chamber Orchestras.
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MUSIC PLAYED ON THE SHOW
FRIDAY 29th JANUARY - THE SOUNDS OF GRIEF
Title: THE IRIS GARDEN
Composer: GLEN AUSTIN
Performer: CONTEMPO QUARTET
Album: THE MOUNTAIN ASH IN CONNEMARA
Record Label: JOAN MCBREEN
Record Number: JMCB 1402
Title: CAOINEADH
Composer: TRAD
Performer: SARAH GREALISH
Title: LAMENT FROM BANGLADESH
Composer: TRAD
Performer: LATIFA
Title: FUNERARY SUNG-WEEPING BY HANE
Composer: TRAD
Performer: HANE
Album: BOSAVI: RAINFOREST MUSIC FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Record Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS
Record Number: SFW40487
Title: LAMENT FOR DEAD MOTHER/BOCET
Composer: TRAD
Performer: UNKNOWN
Album: FOLK MUSIC OF RUMANIA
Record Label: FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Record Number: FW04419
Title: KEEN FOR A DEAD CHILD
Composer: TRAD
Performer: KITTY GALLAGHER/CITINI GHALLCHOIR
Album: WORD LIBRARY OF FOLK AND PRIMITIVE MUSIC: IRELAND
Record Label: ROUNDER RECORDS
Record Number: CD 1742
Title: KEEN FOR ART O'LEARY 1
Composer: TRAD/EIBHLIN DUBH NI CHONAILL
Performer: BREANDAN O MADAGAIN
Album: CAOINTE AGUS SEANCHEOLTA EILE KEENING AND OTHER OLD IRISH MUSICS
Record Label: MOC MUSIC
Record Number: LC 04986
Title: CAOINEADH NA MARBH/CAOINE FOR THE DEAD
Composer: TRAD
Performer: ARAN FEMALE SINGER/BRIDGET MULLIN
Album: SONGS OF ARAN
Record Label: FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Record Number: FW04002
Title: GOL NA DTRI MUIRE/THE WEEPING OF THE THREE MARYS
Composer: TRAD/ARR NOIRIN NI RIAIN
Performer: NOIRIN NI RIAIN/MONKS OF GLENSTAL ABBEY
Album: CAOINEADH NA MAIGHDINE
Record Label: GAEL-LINN
Record Number: CEFCD 084
Title: I AM STRETCHED ON YOUR GRAVE
Composer: TRAD/KING/ARR. O'CONNOR
Performer: SINEAD O'CONNOR
Album: I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT
Record Label: CHRYSALIS RECORDS
Record Number: CCD1759
Title: DIRGE ON THE MOTHER'S GRAVE/KUOLINITKU AIDIN HAUDALLA
Composer: ANNA ANDREJEVNA SUTJAJEVA IN HAUDALLA
Performer: ANNA ANDREJEVNA SUTJAJEVA IN HAUDALLA
Album: ITKUJA KARJALASTA, INKERISTA, SUOMESTA: LAMENTS FROM KARELIA, INGRIA, FINLAND
Record Label: SKS
Record Number: 6420614440018
Title: LAMENT IN FINNISH
Composer: JIM WILCE
Performer: JIM WILCE
Album: N/A
Title: GRAIH MO CHREE
Composer: TRAD
Performer: CAIT BRANIGAN
Title: GRIEF
Composer: EITHNE NI UALLACHAIN/DONAL O'CONNOR
Performer: EITHNE NI UALLACHAIN/DONAL O'CONNOR/GILLES LE BIGOT
Album: BILINGUA
Record Label: GAEL-LINN
Record Number: CEFCD206