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Audience Prize-winner at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World (2013), accomplished young English tenor
Ben Johnson lends his dulcet tones to a programme featuring a bouquet of ballads from the British Isles. This song form enjoyed extraordinary popularity in private homes throughout the Victorian, Edwardian and Modern eras, inspiring generations of talented composers – men and women – to marry words and music in a delightful variety of styles.
Presenting the major singers of today and the stars of tomorrow, the Rosenblatt Recitals are London's only world-class season of opera recitals.
Audience Prize-winner at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World (2013), accomplished young English tenor
Ben Johnson lends his dulcet tones to a programme featuring a bouquet of ballads from the British Isles. This song form enjoyed extraordinary popularity in private homes throughout the Victorian, Edwardian and Modern eras, inspiring generations of talented composers – men and women – to marry words and music in a delightful variety of styles.
Presenting the major singers of today and the stars of tomorrow, the Rosenblatt Recitals are London's only world-class season of opera recitals.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Orpheus with his lute by Edward German
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: England
2.
Woo Her Gently by Ivy Mason Whipp
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
3.
Betty and Johnny by Eric Coates
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
4.
Bird Songs at Eventide by Eric Coates
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926; England
5.
Pleading, Op. 48 by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1908; England
6.
The Lost Chord by Arthur Sullivan
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; England
9.
Little Road To Bethlehem by Michael Head
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946; England
12.
The stuttering lovers by Traditional
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Written: Ireland
13.
I Heard you Singing by Eric Coates
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1923; England
14.
Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred by Eric Coates
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
18.
To Daffodils by Muriel Herbert
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
19.
Until by Wilfred Sanderson
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918; England
21.
Orpheus with his lute by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:
Ben Johnson (Tenor),
James Baillieu (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: ?1901; England
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