Summertime

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Album Summary

Performers

• Graham Johnson (Piano)
• Felicity Lott

Composers

• Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Irish Traditional
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• John Rutter (1945 - )
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
• John Ireland (British Composer) (1879 - 1962)
• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
• Michael Head (2 (Classical Composer)) (1900 - 1976)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
• Haydn Wood (Composer) (1882 - 1959)
• Cole Porter (1891 - 1964)
• Harold Fraser-Simson (1872 - 1944)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)

Notes & Reviews:

Three centuries of song are represented here, and, as BBC Music Magazine's Hilary Finch put it "such is the skill of Johnson's programming that the entire recital seems to be a single, sustained exhalation of rapture and reflection".

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000).

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Works Details

Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1935

Barber, Samuel : Songs (4), Op. 13

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Elgar, Edward : Op. 16 :: The Shepherd's Song

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885-1894

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2

• Performers: Felicity Lott; Graham Johnson (Piano)
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1887

Quilter, Roger : Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal for voice & piano, Op. 3/2

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1904-1905

Schubert, Franz : An Sylvia

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1826

Arne, Thomas Augustine : Where the Bee sucks, there lurk I, song

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1746

Berlioz, Hector : Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 09/1841

Schubert, Franz : Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1823

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Soir, Op. 83 no 2

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 12/17/1894

Schumann, Robert : Myrthen, Op. 25

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1840

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63 :: Junge Liebe I, Op. 63/5

• Performers: Felicity Lott; Graham Johnson (Piano)
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Lehmann, Liza : Ah, moon of my delight, for voice & piano

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Notre amour, song for voice & piano, Op. 23/2

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879

Berlioz, Hector : Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle, Villanelle, Op. 7/1

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 09/1841

Barber, Samuel : The Monk and His Cat, song for voice & piano (Hermit Songs), Op. 29/8

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1952-1953

Bridge, Frank : Go Not, Happy Day, for voice & piano, H. 34

• Performers: Felicity Lott; Graham Johnson (Piano)
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903

Delius, Frederick : To Daffodils, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1915

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Orpheus with his lute

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: ?1901

Ireland, John : The trellis, for voice & piano (from "Songs (2) (1920)")

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1920

Quilter, Roger : Love's Philosophy, for voice & piano, Op. 3/1

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1904-1905

Wood, Haydn : A Brown Bird Singing for voice & piano

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1922

Traditional, Irish : The lark in the clear air

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Warlock, Peter : Sleep, for voice & piano

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1922

Porter, Cole : The tale of the oyster (or The song of the oyster), song (from "Fifty Million Frenchmen")

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bernstein, Leonard : Take Care of This House, for voice & orchestra or piano (from "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue")

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1976

Head, Michael : The Little Road to Bethlehem

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Fraser-Simson, Harold : Vespers ("Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers"), for voice (or chorus) & piano

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Rutter, John : Lord bless you and keep you

• Performers: Graham Johnson (Piano); Felicity Lott
• Notes: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1981