Four Songs Op235 John Gardner

The Contemporary Recorder. Series Editor John Turner. 

Four songs Op 235 by John Gardner to poems of Thomas Hardy(1840 - 1928) for mixed voices, treble recorder and cello:

1. The Selfsame Song

2. The Singing Woman

3. First or Last

4. A Bygone Occasion

John Gardner is one of the most distinguished composers of his generation. Born in Manchester in 1917. The Four Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy for chorus, recorder and cello, were first performed at Manchester University on 27th September 1997, by the Legrand Singers directed by Keith Elcombe with John Turner (recorder) and Jonathan Price (cello) in a concert to celebrate the 80th birthday of the composer. 

Rough running time with breaks 11 min

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