Songs of Martin Shaw: The Airmen / Sophie Bevan, Andrew Kennedy

Despite a compositional career spanning both World Wars, remarkably little is known about Martin Shaw's music. It has yet to enjoy the revival of interest that has benefited the legacies of close friends such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and John Ireland. His songs range from the whimsical and effervescent to the deeply melancholic, and will be a revelation to many. In rescuing these gems from obscurity, Iain Burnside and his singers give new life to an unjustly neglected figure.

The Times
[Shaw's] lyrical gift is elegant, as is the intelligence of his text setting. There are surprises, too: atmospheric settings that offset the big-boned ballads.

bbc.co.uk - Charlotte Gardner
This revisiting of Martin Shaw's songs by Iain Burnside and his singers has produced some ear-pricking results...it would be wonderful to think that this massively enjoyable disc might at least land a few of his songs into more established positions within the solo repertory. They do deserve that much.

The Guardian
Their style is bold, diatonic and memorably melodic...These performances, with Burnside the immaculate accompanist, are exemplary: there is no better interpreter of English song today than Roderick Williams, and it's a huge tribute to soprano Sophie Bevan and tenor Andrew Kennedy that their contributions are a match for his.

BBC Music Magazine
This is music full of character, and some of that character is complex and contradictory. Cleanly crafted, the songs are mostly easy to perform, though they need ringing passion and a quick tongue in the texts...Tenor Andrew Kennedy and baritone Roderick Williams are gorgeously eloquent; Iain Burnside's piano satisfies, too.

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Recording information: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher (05/01/2011-05/03/2011).

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Works Details

Shaw, Martin : Venizel, for voice & piano

Performers: Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1914

Shaw, Martin : Jack Overdue, for voice & piano

Performers: Sophie Bevan (Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1942

Shaw, Martin : The Melodies You Sing, for voice & piano

Performers: Andrew Vocal] (Tenor); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1933

Shaw, Martin : The Airmen, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1941

Shaw, Martin : Over the Sea, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Sophie Bevan (Soprano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : Pity the Poor Fighting Men, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Andrew Vocal] (Tenor)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1919

Shaw, Martin : The Egg-Shell, for voice & piano

Performers: Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1919

Shaw, Martin : The Land of Heart's Desire, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Sophie Bevan (Soprano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1917

Shaw, Martin : The Conjuration, for voice & piano

Performers: Andrew Vocal] (Tenor); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1925

Shaw, Martin : The Merry Wanderer, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Sophie Bevan (Soprano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : Bab-Lock-Hythe, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Andrew Vocal] (Tenor)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : Child of the Flowing Tide, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1919

Shaw, Martin : Full Fathom Five, for voice & piano

Performers: Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : Bird or Beast?, for voice & piano

Performers: Andrew Vocal] (Tenor); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : The Little Waves of Breffny, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Andrew Vocal] (Tenor)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : Come Away, Death, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Sophie Bevan (Soprano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1919

Shaw, Martin : Brookland Road, for voice & piano

Performers: Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1919

Shaw, Martin : Summer, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Sophie Bevan (Soprano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : The Bubble Song, for voice & piano

Performers: Sophie Bevan (Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1919

Shaw, Martin : The Dip, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1924

Shaw, Martin : The Rivulet, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Andrew Vocal] (Tenor)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : I Know a Bank, for voice & piano

Performers: Sophie Bevan (Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : Perilous Ways, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Andrew Vocal] (Tenor)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1932

Shaw, Martin : Heffle Cuckoo Fair, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Andrew Vocal] (Tenor)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1919

Shaw, Martin : Old Clothes and Fine Clothes, for voice & piano

Performers: Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1922

Shaw, Martin : Over the Sea with the Soldier, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Andrew Vocal] (Tenor)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : When Daisies Pied, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Sophie Bevan (Soprano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1921

Shaw, Martin : At Columbine's Grave, for voice & piano

Performers: Sophie Bevan (Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Shaw, Martin : Wood Magic, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1924

Shaw, Martin : Tides, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1923

Shaw, Martin : Ye Banks and Braes, for voice & piano

Performers: Andrew Vocal] (Tenor); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1925

Shaw, Martin : The Accursed Wood, for voice & piano

Performers: Andrew Vocal] (Tenor); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1927

Shaw, Martin : The World's Delight, for voice & piano

Performers: Andrew Vocal] (Tenor); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1930

Shaw, Martin : The Banks of Allan Water, for voice & piano

Performers: Andrew Vocal] (Tenor); Iain Burnside (Piano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1924

Shaw, Martin : Invictus, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1920

Shaw, Martin : Cuckoo, for voice & piano

Performers: Iain Burnside (Piano); Sophie Bevan (Soprano)
Notes: The Sir Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education (05/01/2011-05/03/2011)
Running Time: 1 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1915

Songs of Martin Shaw: The Airmen / Sophie Bevan, soprano; Andrew Kennedy, tenor, Roderick Williams, baritone, Iain Burnside, piano

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