Roderick Williams Song Recital

Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester, South-West, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Sunday 26 July 2026

14:00

Performers

Roderick Williams	Baritone
Iain Burnside	Piano

Journey in song from the Forest of Dean to the Appalachians in this stunning recital from acclaimed duo Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside. The recital features settings of the Dymock Poets, most notably a song cycle by Douglas Weiland, as well as works by Gurney, Ireland, and Bliss. The programme moves on to settings by British composers of several American poets, including Walt Whitman, and ends with two beautiful Vaughan Williams folk songs gathered from the Appalachian Mountains.

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Boyle, Ina (1889-1967)	The Mill Water
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)	Black Stitchel
Ireland, John (1879-1962)	Blow out, you Bugles
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)	Lights out
Howells, Herbert (1892-1983)	Girl's Song
Head, Michael (1900-1976)	A Vagabond Song
Weiland, Douglas (b. 1954)	Six Songs for the Dymock Poets, Op. 69
Bliss, Arthur (1891-1975)	Gone, gone again is Summer
Bliss, Arthur (1891-1975)	Arthur Bliss – A Little Elegy
Bliss, Arthur (1891-1975)	Siege
Samuel, Rhian (b. 1944)	Of Swans, Snails and Geese
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)	Nine English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (selection)