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4 Last Songs
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Jennifer Johnston (Mezzo)
Performer: Alisdair Hogarth (Piano)
Recording date: 11 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 27 July 2012
The four last songs 'Procris', 'Tired', 'Hands, Eyes, and Heart', and 'Menelaus' were composed in the final years of Vaughan Williams life, between 1954-1958. The words were taken from poems by his wife Ursula which gives the serene 'Hand Eyes, and Heart' deeper emotional meaning - 'Heart, in his keeping, be at rest and live'.
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Jennifer Johnston (Mezzo)
Performer: Alisdair Hogarth (Piano)
Recording date: 11 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 27 July 2012
