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In remembrance of George Butterworth

Over the course of four bloody months in 1916, more than a million soldiers died at the Battle of the Somme. This Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the death of George Butterworth, a young composer in the British Army. In his honor, we'll take a look back through music written by men who served in the First World War.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Halle Orchestra; Mark Elder, conductor
English Rhapsody: Delius & Butterworth
Halle 7503

Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin: Movements 4-6
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano; Rockport Music
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA

Fritz Kreisler: Prelude and Allegro
Benjamin Beilman, violin; Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, "A Pastoral Symphony": Movement 4
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Linda Hohenfeld, soprano
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
RCA 61194

Hour 2

Erik Satie: Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear: Movements 1-5 & 7
Anna Petrova, piano; Josu de Solaun, piano
Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Music Series, Miller Studio, Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Beach, VA

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Keyboard concerto in B minor, Wq 30
Robert Levin, harpsichord; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA

Perucho Figueredo and Andres Segovia: La Bayamesa
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba

Francis Scott Key: Star-Spangled Banner
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba

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