Hadley, Patrick > Cantata/Oratorio

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Garden of Proserpine; In The Fen Country; The Captain's Apprentice / Jane Irwin, Mary Brevan, Leigh Melrose

1 CD / Albion / 2011-08-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Garden of Prosperine, for soprano, chorus & orchestra; In the Fen Country; Folksongs from the Eastern Counties (15); Patrick Hadley: Fen and Flood, cantata for chorus & or...
Performers: Irwin, Jane; Melrose, Leigh; Vocal], Mary Bevan [Soprano
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: ; Joyful Company of Singers

Vaughan Williams completed The Garden of Proserpine, scored for soprano soloist, chorus and full orchestra, in 1899. For the twenty-something composer, it was a first...continue...
Recording information: The Lighthouse, Poole (09/27/2010-09/28/2010)....continue...

Hadley, Sainton / Bamert, Archer, Richardson, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Philip Sainton: The Island, tone poem for orchestra; Nadir, tone poem for orchestra; The Dream of the Marionette, ballet; Patrick Hadley: The Trees So High, symphonic ballad for baritone, chorus & or...
Performers: Archer, Neill; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Richardson, Stephen [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

"...the music conveys a wistful, often disturbing intensity unusual for an English work of the period... this is headily evocative stuff, and Anglophiles everywhere will...continue...