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Sir Mark Elder and Roderick Williams on Delius's A Mass of Life
The conductor and baritone reflect on their recording of Delius's Nietzsche-inspired Mass (made in Bergen following two live performances and released on LAWO last year), which was a finalist at this year's Gramophone Awards.
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Episode 44: Take me to your Lieder - Schubert in English with Roderick Williams, Rowan Pierce and Christopher Glynn
Baritone, soprano and pianist offer their perspectives on the latest instalment in Signum Classics's series, which features Jeremy Sams's translations of Schubert Lieder.
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Selections from Bernard Herrmann's only opera, Wuthering Heights
Soprano Keri Fuge and baritone Roderick Williams join the Singapore Symphony Orchestra under Mario Venzago to perform highlights from a neglected work by a composer known mostly for his film scores, based on the novel by Emily Brontë.
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Vaughan Williams's folksong arrangements
Baritone Roderick Williams, pianist William Vann, and researcher John Francis discuss the first instalment in a new series of recordings, featuring previously unheard folksong arrangements by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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Roderick Williams on the songs of Arthur Somervell
The English baritone talks to David about his new recording of two song-cycles by this rarely-heard Victorian composer, including a setting of Housman's 'A Shropshire Lad'.
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Roderick Williams sings a new work by Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Katherine very much enjoys baritone Roderick Williams in a new work by Howard Skempton: a setting of Coleridge's poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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Roderick Williams on Schubert
Katherine talks to the baritone about the first furlong of his Schubertian odyssey.
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Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside perform Schubert Lieder
Katherine listens to Roderick Williams' Schubert recital disc, with pianist Iain Burnside.
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Roderick Williams warms up for The Last Night of the Proms
The baritone (and regular Presto customer!) talks to Katherine about the festival ahead of Saturday's performance.
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Two important Elgar rarities
Sir Andrew Davis conducts The Crown of India with the BBC Philharmonic, and Roderick Williams and others explore The Fringes of the Fleet, a patriotic song-cycle setting texts by Rudyard Kipling.
