Beyond 'cow-pat': Ralph Vaughan Williams's complex legacy Jul 15, 2008
Philip Heseltine, an English critic who composed under the name Peter Warlock, is said to have likened "A Pastoral Symphony" (Symphony No. 3), by his countryman Ralph Vaughan Williams, to a cow staring over a fence. Google Vaughan Williams and that epithet, and you will also find it attributed to Constant Lambert, a composer acquainted with both men. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Not a late starter but a delightfully late finisher May 18, 2008
In contrast, the English composer Peter Warlock died about the age of 36. Tenor Henry Choo brought a radiant clarity of sound to the mournful lines of his song cycle, The Curlew. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Music Review: Terfel woos Zellerbach crowd Apr 20, 2008
He opened with a long set of songs to the sea-besotted texts of John Masefield, beginning with John Ireland's setting of the famous "Sea Fever" ("I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky") and continuing through songs by Peter Warlock and the aptly named Frederick Keel. There wasn't a lot of variety in this set - nearly everything sounded vaguely like a tarted-up pirate chantey - but Terfel brought lusty charm to the most extroverted numbers, like Warlock's "Captain... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Manly, yes, but hauntingly tender too Apr 17, 2008
We heard John Masefield's verse in settings by John Ireland (including the stirring Bells of San Marie), Peter Warlock (Captain Stratton's Fancy) and Frederick Keel (three of the Salt-Water Ballads). After these, two songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Roadside Fire, to verse of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the ineffable Silent Noon, one of the great love songs, to the poem of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
North Iowa Symphony Orchestra to perform Monday Apr 3, 2008
The NISO will perform movements from the Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock, is music based on 16th century dance tunes and The Tancredi Overture by Rossini from one of the composer s early operas ... Capriol Suite Basse Danse, Pavane, Pieds-en-l air, Peter Warlock. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Powder River Symphony hosts third concert of season Feb 15, 2008
The show promises to introduce people to varied musical compositions that include: The Thrill of the Orchestra by Russell Peck, Fanfare from La Peri by Paul Dukas, Petite Symphonie by Charles Gounoud, Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock and Peter and the Wolf by Serge Prokofiev. Two of the pieces will be narrated by James Olm, and Steven Trinkle will conduct the symphony. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
All together now: 'Once in Royal ...' Dec 23, 2007
Toby Jones,actor Adam Lay Ybounden Music by Peter Warlock, words anonymous. Adam lay ybounden Bounden in a bond Four thousand winter Thought he not too long.. (Guardian Unlimited)
Diana memorial: order of service Aug 31, 2007
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor - Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor - Johann Sebastian Bach La Rejouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks) - George Frideric Handel Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber Serenade for Strings (Second and Third movements) - Edward Elgar Bouree (Music for the Royal Fireworks) - George Frideric Handel Pieds en l'Air (Capriol Suite) - Peter Warlock Larghetto from London Concerto No 4 for Organ and Strings - Johann Christian Bach Touch Her Soft Lips and... (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Greenwich Public Schools District-Wide Festival Orchestra concert Mar 4, 2007
More than 200 parents, siblings and friends filed into the middle school's auditorium for the free concert, which featured selections from Handel, Bach and Vivaldi, as well as Peter Warlock, Richard Meyers, Bob Phillips, and William Boyce. The elementary school group was conducted by Kristen B. LaDue, a string teacher in upstate New York who has masters' degrees in music and music education and who performs professionally as a cellist and saxophonist. (Greenwich Time)
