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Composer: Herbert Howells
Performer: Ruby Hughes (Soprano)
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano)
Recording date: 15 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 02 August 2012

With its sparse accompaniment and vocal melancholy, you could be mistaken into thinking this was a folksong arrangement. Using the pentatonic scale, Howells achieves great depth and meaning with very little. A masterful song.

Composer: Herbert Howells
Performer: Ruby Hughes (Soprano)
Performer: Joseph Middleton (Piano)
Recording date: 15 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 02 August 2012

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