Anna and I have made a disc of songs by the unquestionably brilliant Roger Quilter. We're ever so pleased with it. His music has been a mainstay of singers of English song for years, but people are often a little ashamed to say they like the music. I hope enough time has passed for the "unfashionable" nature of his craft to have faded. We can appreciate a unique voice in song, able to penetrate straight to the heart of a poem with an apparently effortless gift for melody and a mastery of pianistic expressivity. Click on the cover to go to Chandos. There is a short video about it below. Poor Anna with her crutches!
MINDSONG is a charity in Gloucestershire that brings Music therapy to people suffering with dementia. It began as a small project, which over the years has grown hugely. Until recently, it has been working in Care Homes for people often with advanced dementia, and is now branching out into working in peoples' homes. To find out more, please visit the website.
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Latest recordings
What plaintive melodies are these?
Works for Oboe, Voice and Strings Including Vaughan Williams Ten Blake settings Mark Baigent (oboe) and friends 
Solitude
Purcell/Britten O Solitude Schubert Einsamkeit Dove Under alter'd skies Barber Hermit Songs James Gilchrist/Anna Tilbrook 
Pamela Harrison
Chamber Music and Songs Alice Neary, Jâms Coleman, Misicians from the RWCMD Below is a short video about a disc of the chamber music of Pamela Harrison which is soon to be released. Wonderful music from a composer of whom we should have heard. .
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