An English Song Winterreise Roderick Williams Recital Poole 2026

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: An English Song Winterreise Roderick Williams Recital  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: Lighthouse, Poole, UK  
• Recorded: April 29, 2026
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Roderick Williams
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Christopher Glynn, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Using the 24 songs of Schubert’s original Winterreise as inspiration, Roderick Williams has handpicked English songs that reflect each individual piece in this unique musical journey. Songs include those by Vaughan Williams, Britten, Finzi, Parry, Gurney and Ina Boyle as well as more modern works by Judith Weir, Elizabeth Maconchy and Errollyn Wallen, inspired by the poetry of Shakespeare, Hardy, Blake, Tennyson, Yeats, de la Mare and Stevenson.

  Works and composers
  Vaughan Williams
  The Vagabond, Linden Lea, Whither Must I Wander
  Roger Quilter
  Blow, blow thou winter wind
  Madeleine Dring
  Weep You No More Sad Fountains
  Gerald Finzi
  At Middle-field Gate in February, In the Mind’s Eye, The Too Short Time, In a Churchyard, Waiting Both
  Frank Bridge
  Tears, Idle Tears
  Ivor Gurney
  On the Downs, Lights Out, The Folly of Being Comforted
  Ina Boyle
  A Song of Enchantment
  Benjamin Britten
  Midnight on the Great Western
  Roderick Williams
  The Angel
  Judith Weir
  Written on Terrestrial Things
  Michael Tippett
  Come Unto These Yellow Sands
  Elizabeth Maconchy
  The Wind and the Rain
  Doreen Carwithen
  Echo
  Humphrey Proctor-Gregg
  The Stormy Evening
  Errollyn Wallen
  Peace on Earth
  Parry
  Nightfall in winter

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