Composers during the Great War – part 10
This is the tenth episode in a series on chamber music by composers who were drafted or enlisted to fight in World War I. Today we will focus in on music by composers Henry Dixon Cowell (1897-1965), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960), Patrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley (1899-1973), and Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (1891-1975).
Playlist
1. Henry Cowell: Suite for woodwind quintet (1934)
a. Allegretto
b. Allegro
c. Adagio cantabile
d. Allegro con moto
– Musicians Accord
2. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Suite of six short pieces
a. Prelude: Molto moderato
b. Slow dance: Andante grazioso
c. Quick dance : Allegro molto
d. Slow air: Lento
e. Rondo: Andante con moto
f. Pezzo ostinato: Allegretto
– John McCabe, piano
3. Arthur Benjamin: Sonata for viola and piano ‘Elegy, waltz and toccata’
a. Elegy: Adagio e mesto
b. Waltz: Quasi improvisatore
c. Toccata: Allegro ma non troppo
– Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad, viola and David Meier, piano
4. Patrick Hadley: I sing of a maiden
– Tenebrae, Nigel Short
5. Arthur Bliss: Quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello in a minor opus 18
a. Poco adagio e espressivo
b. Intermezzo: Tempo di mazurka
c. Allegro furioso
– Chamber Domaine
