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The House of Life (No. 2, Silent Noon)
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Ashley Riches (Baritone)
Performer: Anna Tilbrook (Piano)
Recording date: 29 March 2017
Date of broadcast: 27 December 2017
Arguably his most beautiful song. To Rosetti's poem of lovers 'nesting' amongst a meadow of flowers, Vaughan Williams gives us soothing harmonies and a languid melody. We can almost smell the cow parsley, dog roses, and the sun-warmed grass.
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Ashley Riches (Baritone)
Performer: Anna Tilbrook (Piano)
Recording date: 29 March 2017
Date of broadcast: 27 December 2017
