20th.c. Poetry in English
(1/6) Late Victorian and Edwardian Poetry

1. Dawn, from Four Sea Interludes (Britten)
2. Dover Beach, poem by Matthew Arnold
3. Moonlight, from Four Sea Interludes (Britten)
4. Sea Fever, poem by John Masefield
5. Sea Fever, music by John Ireland
6. Blow the Wind Southerly (traditional, sung by Kathleen Ferrier)
7. Loveliest of Trees, poem by A.E. Housman, from A Shropshire Lad
8. Loveliest of Trees, music by Arthur Somervell
9. Is my team ploughing? poem by A.E. Housman
10. Is my team ploughing? music by George Butterworth
11. The Darkling Thrush, poem by Thomas Hardy
12. The Convergence of the Twain, poem by Thomas Hardy
13. Nearer my God to Thee, hymn tune (cf. Titanic)
14. The Lake Isle of Innisfree, poem by W.B. Yeats
15. Down by the Salley Gardens, poem by W.B. Yeats
16. Down by the Salley Gardens, sung by Kathleen Ferrier
17. A Shropshire Lad, orchestral rhapsody by George Butterworth