W. B. Yeats
W. B. Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of twentieth-century literature. His lyric verse, steeped in Irish legend and craft, has long been set for the concert platform.
A driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and a founder of the Abbey Theatre, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. Poems such as The Salley Gardens entered the art-song repertoire and are heard among the settings on A Shropshire Lad (MD 3231). His words are also credited on Seven Whole Days (MD 3004).
Compositions by W. B. Yeats appear on
A Shropshire Lad
Baritone Blake Fischer and pianist Claire Cooper, winners of the 1998 Song Recital Award, present English and American folk, traditional and art songs by Butterworth, Copland, Finzi and Britten.
A Classic Case of Love
Soprano Helen Noonan and guitarist Peter Constant present an intimate programme of love songs spanning centuries, from folk and early music to Schubert, Satie, Villa-Lobos and the twentieth-century stage and songbook.
Seven Whole Days: Music for the Contemporary Church
Seven Whole Days is Jim Minchin’s second Move album of contemporary church song, recorded across Melbourne and Singapore in 1969 with singers and instrumentalists from both places.