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The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy

Music & Arrangements by Arthur Keegan

Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo), James Girling (guitar), Ligeti Quartet

The Ligeti Quartet ’s performance resonates with commitment and eloquence as Keegan highlights the tensions between man and nature, art and mortality, interlaying texts by Hardy and Philip Larkin.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 19th Jul 2024
  • Catalogue No: DCD34307
  • Label: Delphian
  • Length: 66 minutes

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Contents

Keegan: Elegies for Emma

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  • James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

I. Days to Recollect (Pt. 1)

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II. The Walk

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III. Rain on a Grave

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Interlude: I Look into my Glass

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IV. The Voice

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V. She to Him

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VI. Days to Recollect (Pt. 2)

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Holman, D: Three Songs for Voice and Harp: No. 1, Midnight on the Great Western

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  • Ligeti Quartet, James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Herbert, M: Faintheart in a Railway Train

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  • Ligeti Quartet, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Keegan: Winter Words, Op. 52: At the Railway Station, Upway

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  • James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Holst, I: Weathers

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  • James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Gurney: In the Black Winter Morning

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  • James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Milford: Four Hardy Songs: No. 3, If It’s Ever Spring Again

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  • James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Finzi: Before and After Summer, Op. 16: No. 7, The Too Short Time

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  • James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Andrew: The Echo Elf Answers

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  • James Girling, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Finzi: A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14: No. 6, Shortening Days

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  • Ligeti Quartet, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Keegan: String Quartet No. 1 "Elegies for Tom"

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  • Ligeti Quartet, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

I. Delicate-filmed, as New-spun Silk

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Interlude No. 1

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II. An Eyelid’s Soundless Blink

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Interlude No. 2

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III. Nocturnal Blackness, Mothy and Warm

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Interlude No. 3

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IV. Full-starred Heavens that Winter Sees

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Interlude No. 4

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V. A New Bell’s Boom

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