A distance from the town : a musical appreciation of the work of the poet John Clare /
SCD 390 Sound Library
Tyrrall, Gordon
A distance from the town : a musical appreciation of the work of the poet John Clare / Gordon Tyrrall. - Fellside, 1998. - 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Compact disc. Musical instruments: guitar, violin, fiddle, cello; flute, whistle, concertina, melodeon; bodhran, drums; keyboards.
1. My early home -- 2. England's glory; The dusty miller; Morgan rattler -- 3. Break of day -- 4. Song (The rain is come) -- 5. The roodalum Irish; The grinders -- 6. The poor soldier; The quiet mind -- 7. The gipsey song -- 8. The wounded huzzar -- 9. Sally Green -- 10. Verses (Tho winter comes dreary) -- 11. The storm -- 12. Ballad (The roseys red) -- 13. Autumn (The thistledown's flying) -- 14. Lovely Nancy; La bel Jean; Swiss alemand -- 15. I am -- 16. Moll i' the wad; Mrs Casey -- 17. The woodcutter's night song -- 18. Hornpipe; The Red Lyon hornpipe -- 19. Autumn (I love the fitful gust) -- 20. Ballad (Where is the heart).
Gordon Tyrrall's settings of John Clare's poetry interspersed with tunes from Clare's notebook. Title information in brackets was taken from the first line to aid in identification.
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