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Most Holy night
Composer: Ivor Gurney
Performer: Kathryn Rudge (Mezzo)
Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)
Recording date: 13 February 2017
Date of broadcast: 13 February 2017
Musicians died in World War One. Others - years later - from the traumas they'd suffered. Poet and composer, Gurney chose carefully the texts for his 300+ songs. Sleep and Death are often - as here - too-well represented themes.
Composer: Ivor Gurney
Performer: Kathryn Rudge (Mezzo)
Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)
Recording date: 13 February 2017
Date of broadcast: 13 February 2017