tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post7785956944770815345..comments2024-03-05T10:14:38.181+00:00Comments on CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: The Lads in their HundredsDoundou Tchilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-84888831815483150212016-09-07T22:47:45.351+01:002016-09-07T22:47:45.351+01:00The singer in your clip is the Welsh baritone Bryn...The singer in your clip is the Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel. A large operatic Lamborghini purring on idle indeed. My favorite recording.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321026333149269230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-9100481750863468552012-04-16T16:17:35.531+01:002012-04-16T16:17:35.531+01:00Thanks so much ! Of course Housman and Butterworth...Thanks so much ! Of course Housman and Butterworth were writing about the Boer war. No-one suggests anything else. But Butterworth, Ivor Gurney, RVW and their generation are inextricably connected to WW1 and will be even more so after 2014. I've been writing about Houseman and these composers and poets for years and done some original archive work on Butterworth's death which no one else has done before. Look at the labels on the right, they lead to lots more, Below is my review of Roddy Williams Butterworth Songs <br />http://classical-iconoclast.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/jonquil-not-grecian-lad-george.htmlDoundou Tchilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-63791709544495694792012-04-16T12:21:37.168+01:002012-04-16T12:21:37.168+01:00Thanks for your blog. I was drawn here by the per...Thanks for your blog. I was drawn here by the performance this morning on R3 by Maltman - not the equal of the performance above and definitely not of Roddy, who remains my favourite, too.<br /><br />I would like to point out that Housman published 'A Shropshire Lad' in 1896 and Butterworth his setting in 1911, so neither of them can have had the Great War in mind. Housman was most likely affected by the First Boer War.<br /><br />Butterworth's tragic death on the Somme tends to forge the link in our minds, but of course, as with all great art, they have far wider applicability than their creator could have intended.Quentin Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200189448775155721noreply@blogger.com