This album was recorded on March 20 and 21, 2024, at The Tythe Barn at Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, UK.
Composer Biography
Ivor Gurney, the composer, was a cathedral chorister from May 1900, under the guidance of organist Herbert Brewer.
Composer Biography
Ivor Gurney studied at London's Royal College of Music with Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford, who called him his most gifted but least teachable pupil.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ivor Gurney was inspired to become a composer after hearing and singing the music of Edward Elgar, a 'live hero', at the Three Choirs Festival.
Composer Biography
Ivor Gurney served in World War I, where he channeled his creativity into poetry, emerging as a published poet with two collections.
Composition History
Ivor Gurney's Five Elizabethan Songs, including a setting of John Fletcher's 'Sleep', are considered his first masterpiece and were his first published musical work in 1920.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Song was the most natural form of composition for Ivor Gurney, and it is in this genre that his most important musical legacy lies.
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