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The Frostbound Wood
Composer: Peter Warlock
Performer: Jennifer Johnston (Mezzo)
Performer: Alisdair Hogarth (Piano)
Recording date: 11 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 27 July 2012
As bleak as midwinter, this work is ostensibly a carol but dwells on the child's end, not its birth. The song's end is remarkable: Warlock pares away the piano's role and the singer moves into a falsetto of regret. Warlock died by his own hand 12 months later.
Composer: Peter Warlock
Performer: Jennifer Johnston (Mezzo)
Performer: Alisdair Hogarth (Piano)
Recording date: 11 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 27 July 2012
