Twelve new songs celebrating the Welsh border country. Presteigne, the small border town has hosted a music Festival which has a long tradition of commissioning new work. The composers associated with the festival contributed a new song for the festival’s anniversary
John Francis Brown Words (Edward Thomas)
John McCabe Two Gladestry Quatrains (Jo Shapcott)
Hilary Tann Wings of the Grasses (Menna Elfyn)
Rhian Samuel The Perfect View (Anne Stevenson)
Geraint Lewis My Paradise Garden(Cecilia Chance)
John Joubert Shropshire Hills (Stephen Tunnicliffe)
Cecilia McDowall The Buzzard (Simon Mundy)
Michael Berkeley Nettles (A.E.Housman Edward Thomas)
David Matthews For a Wine Festival (Vernon Watkins)
Adrian Williams Red Kite Flying (Adrian Williams)
Gillian Keith soprano Simon Lepper piano
MET CD 1065 43 minutes Digital [DDD]
Barcode 5028165 106523
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