CD REVIEW
– BRITISH
VIOLIN SONATAS Volume 2
Chandos
CHAN 10899 - Tasmin Little with
Piers Lane. Bridge; Ireland;
Bliss; Vaughan Williams and
William Lloyd Webber.
If you are a
violinist then you will enjoy
these lesser-known works. A full
interesting and informative
description of each piece is
contained in the liner notes
which help the listener to better
understand their complex
histories.
Did you know Bliss
fought on the Somme with the
Royal Fusiliers and then, after
injury returned to fight with the
Grenadier Guards in 1918? In
between, his lost his devoted
brother on the battlefield.
The other
composers were also heavily
influenced by the Great War and
we can only conjecture about
their mixed feelings.
EDMUND
WHITEHOUSE - April 2016
Tony
Clayden adds a footnote
:-
Sadly, George
Butterworth, a friend and
contemporary of Ralph Vaughan
Williams, was not so fortunate.
He died in the Battle of the
Somme in August 1916. If he had
survived, I believe that he would
have become as great (or even
greater) a composer as RVW. A
tragic loss to English music.
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