Townsend, Dave

The Music of Dickens and His Time / Giles, Healey, Hill, Humphries; The Seven Dials Band

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: American Traditional: College Hornpipe; John Pyke Hullah: Some Folks Who Have Grown Old, song; English Traditional: The Rat Catcher's Daughter; Begone Dull Care, folk song; The Workhouse Boy, folk so...
Performers: Eddy, Rachel; Giles, Ian; Healey, Tim; Knight, Margaret; Sartin, Paul; The Seven Dials Band; Underwood, Giles; Watson,, Christopher, Jr.
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Seven Dials Band

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
This is one of the best programs I've seen that connects music with literature. The music is a delight...continue...
This collection of vocal and instrumental music is made up of pieces associated in one way or another with Charles Dickens' life and work. The majority of them are popular tunes he refers to in his no...continue...

Songs of Thomas Hardy's Wessex / Mellstock Band

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: English Traditional: The Foggy, Foggy Dew, folk song; Cupid's Garden, folk song; Queen Eleanor's Confession, folk song; The Spotted Cow, folk song; The Seeds of Love, folk song; The Barley Mow, folk ...
Performers: Dexter, Sally; Emerson, Mark; Giles, Ian; Locke, Kathryn; Murphy, Julie; Spicer, Charles; The Mellstock Band; Townsend, Dave; Turner, Andy
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mellstock Band; The Mellstock Band

Recording information: Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn (05/1994)....continue...