Listen as Lynne Warfel hosts this hourlong special Armistice Day, the end of World War I. Audiences will hear music from and about the historic period spanning WWI through the signing of the armistice from both sides of the Atlantic.
Playlist
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
City of London Sinfonia
Holst: Ode to Death
City of London Sinfonia; London Philharmonic Chorus
Butterworth: "The Lads in Their Hundreds" from A Shropshire Lad
Bryn Terfel, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano
Farrar: Heroic Elegy
Philharmonia Orchestra
Britten: "Let Us Sleep Now" from War Requiem
St. Cecilia Orchestra, Chorus and Children's Choir; Anna Netrebko, soprano; Ian Bostridge, tenor; Thomas Hampson, baritone
Traditional: "Flowers of the Forest"
Isla St. Clair, vocals
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