Ralph Vaughan Williams, a composer on this album, was perhaps the last major European composer to base his compositional style on native folk songs.
Instruments
The piano used for this recording, a Steinway Model D Concert Grand, was chosen by Sergei Rachmaninov for his British concerts.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded live at a concert in the Art Gallery of the Holburne Museum, Bath, on March 10, 2002, with applause edited out for better enjoyment.
Composer Biography
Thomas Hardy, another Dorset poet featured on this album, was influenced by Darwin and Huxley, which confirmed him in a pessimistic atheism.
Composition History
The five best songs from the EPSS composers' competition, featured on this album, were part of a competition commemorating the bicentenary of William Barnes's birth.
Composer Biography
William Barnes, a Dorset poet whose poems are set on this album, knew over sixty languages by the end of his life and wrote books on philology.
Performer Biography
Stephen Foulkes, the baritone on this album, was appointed judge and recitalist in international competitions for song composers in 1997 and 1999.
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