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Our Hunting Fathers

Benjamin Britten

Ian Bostridge Tenor

Britten Sinfonia
Daniel Harding conductor

Folksong from Somerset (arr. Britten)
1 O Waly, Waly

Quatre Chansons Francaises (1928)
(ed. Colin Matthews)
2 I: Nuits de juin
3 II: Sagesse
4 III: L’Enfance
5 IV: Chanson d’automne

French Folksongs (arr. Britten)
6. Quand j’étais chez mon père
7. Eho! Eho!

Sinfonietta, Op. 1
8 I: Poco presto ed agitato
9 II: Andante lento
10 III: Tarantella: Presto vivace

Our Hunting Fathers, Op.8 (devised by W.H. Auden)
11 I: Prologue
12 II: Rats Away!
13 III: Messalina
14 IV: Dance of Death (Hawking for the Partridge)
15 V: Epilogue and Funeral March

Nursery Rhyme from Suffolk (arr. Britten)
16. Oliver Cromwell
 

 

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