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Ivor Gurney's Songs RVW C rossword No.9 by Michael Gainsford Across: No.23 February 2002 1. Magician in The Poisoned Kiss (8) Journal of the 7. Cradle Song set by RVW in 1928 (6) 1 2 3 4 9. Unaccompanied singer, in Twilight People (4) 10. Fantasia was based on Why fameth in spite? EDITOR 7 1 1 1 1 By this composer (6) Stephen Connock 13. Seemingly fleshy companion to the Crane in the 5 1 1 8 6 Miraculous Harvest of 1920. (6) 14. Just this much land in folk song noted by RVW in GUEST EDITOR 7 1 8 10 Coombe Bisset (4) RVW Rolf Jordan 16. He wrote the words used in item 3 of Hodie (6) 1 9 18. ‘Hero’ of Sir John in Love (8) Society 10 11 12 Down: 13 2. Le *******, French folk song arranged in 1952 (7) 3. The eagle who gave the first performance of the D flat In this issue... 14 15 16 Romance, in 1954 (5) 4. Visited by RVW in 1954 (1, 1, 1) A Famous Victory 1 16 5. The constable’s sister in Hugh the Drover (4, 4) Focus on Ivor Gurney 6. Disturbed loony pal who fought with Pilgrim in Act 1 y winning the coveted Record Eighth and Ninth Symphonies. 16 1 Scene 2 of Pilgrim’s Progress (8) 17 of the Year award with RVWsongs from John Mark 8. Direction to RVW’s birthplace (4) B G RVW’s original version of A Ainsley on Hyperion was Ivor Gurney 1 20 1 11. Alauda Aventis climbing (4) 21 London Symphony, Richard nominated in the vocal 12. Double trio became this in 1938 (7) A Personal View Hickox, the London category. Even more 18 22 15. Rich man looks as if he plunges into the water in RVW’s by Anthony Boden . 3 favourite folk song (5) Symphony Orchestra and importantly, the Maggini 17. Behold this itself? (3) Chandos will bring this Quartet’s Naxos recording of wonderful music to a RVW’s String Quartet Nos. 1 new and sizeable and 2 and the Phantasy G Ivor Gurney and his audience. What a superb Quintet won the Chamber Friends - The Asylum Some Future Performances achievement! As David Music Award. The Maggini Next Answers Years The RVW Society’s website, www.rvwsociety.com carries full details of future Mellor put it at the Barbican Quartet was at the Barbican to performances. The following concerts are noteworthy: on Page when he announced the winner: receive their first - and richly by Pam Blevins . 10 Edition: ‘Above all, this is worthwhile deserved - Gramophone recognition for a great English Award. As the Editor of the Songs of Dorset including RVW’s Four Barnes Songs, on 10th May 2002 June 2002 6 at Holbourne Museum, Bath. Tickets £7.00 composer’. Both Richard Hickox Gramophone put it, this is great G Crying to the Strong and Brian Couzens, Managing music by performers entirely Mole Valley Literature Festival 10-16 June 2002, features a talk on Ralph RVW and Director of Chandos Records, convinced of the worth of every for Strength Vaughan Williams by biographer Simon Heffer at 8pm on 13th June at Distinguished Call for thanked Gramophone for this note. Ivor Gurney and RVW Grand Hall, Dorking Halls. The talk will be accompanied by a choir. For Award which followed their more details please contact Charlotte Gardiner on 01308 879188. Conductors Papers success in the Orchestral To do and to dare by Rolf Jordan . 18 (Part 1) Record of the Year category Chandos have gained renewed announced earlier in the confidence in pioneering And more …… evening. Richard Hickox RVWrecordings as a result of thanked Ursula Vaughan this Award. Next to come is Albion Music Limited The October 2002 edition Williams and Michael the Fourth Symphony with the CHAIRMAN Publications availiable by post:- of the Journal will focus Kennedy for their support Six Choral Songs (In Time of Stephen Connock MBE 65 Marathon House, on the Songs of Travel in enabling the 1913 War) and then A Pastoral version of the symphony 200 Marylebone Road, The collected poems of Ursula Vaughan Williams £15.00 plus £1.65 Symphony, coupled with the London NW1 5PL The deadline for to be recorded. He world premier recording of Tel: 01728 454820 Vaughan Williams and the Vision of Albion by Wilfrid Mellers contributions is concluded by thanking the Norfolk Rhapsody No.2. Fax: 01728 454873 (370 pages; new edition) £15.00 plus £2.55 Stephen Connock and the th Most importantly, perhaps, is [email protected] 20 August, 2002 RVWSociety for their role as Technical Vaughan Williams in perspective (edited by Lewis Foreman) £20.00 plus £1.75 the first recording of the Poisoned Kiss, TREASURER 125th anniversary set of six cards with watercolour views of VWs Adviser to the Chandos VWseries scheduledof for 7 - 12 January 2003, recordings. A proud moment for the RVW John Francis houses by Bridget Duckfield (blank for own message) £ 5.00 plus 50p subject to funds being raised by The Society. Richard Hickox then concluded Lindeyer Francis Ferguson, Where possible could Garland Appeal. North House, Vision of Albion poster, with Blake imagery (a superb memento proceedings by performing Butterworth’s th contributors supply 198 High Street, of the 125 anniversary) (measures 28” x 23”) £10.00 plus £2.00 their article on disk, poignant The Banks of Green Willow to Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BE RVW - A full discography by Stephen Connock (75 pages, 1995) £10.00 plus 65p or email along with an appreciative audience. Tel: 01732 360200 [email protected] RVW: A Bibliography by Graham Muncy and Robin Barber £ 6.00 plus 50p a printed copy. This makes the production A remarkable year for RVW SECRETARY RVW’s music was remarkably well Back issues of the Journal are available at £2.00 each. of the Journal much Dr. David Betts represented in the Award categories. In All cheques should be made out to Albion Music limited and sent to: easier, and reduces the Tudor Cottage number of errors, as it the Orchestral section, alongside Richard 30, Tivoli Road Stephen Connock, 65 Marathon House, 200 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5 PL Brighton saves the re-typing of Hickox’s A London Symphony, there was for immediate delivery. Bernard Haitink’s EMI record of the East Sussex contributions. BN1 5BH Tel: 01273 501118 [email protected] Charity No. 1017175 Ivor Gurney twin of Eric, and aunt of Belinda and Robin, amateur music-making Vaughan Williams Surrey musicians all. This choir competed fostered that destiny and valued those who RVW successfully in the Festival for twenty-five worked with him towards the same goal. Remembered years, appearing at the Dorking Halls, which Although in more recent years rehearsal Guest Editorial were built in 1931, as a new location for the rooms have improved, and travel made easier Joyce Hooper’s memories of Vaughan Williams Festival. for most, the need for professionally trained by Helen Corkery musicians to inspire and develop the skills of by Rolf Jordan When Vaughan Williams was selecting voices their amateur choristers and instrumentalists or many years Joyce Hooper, whose for his own Dorking Bach Choir, Joyce still demands a steadfast devotion to the task Fobituary appears elsewhere in this issue recalled how excited and proud she felt to be and a generous sharing of musical skills and ‘In times of national trauma we tend to seek out works of art that It may be reassuring to learn that the quotation heading this editorial (see page 28) devoted her musical life to the chosen, not only for the Choir but also to sing insights. Joyce Hooper typified this hard- speak to us with depth, wisdom and humanity. It’s that quality of does not come from Vaughan Williams (though it may well have enrichment of music in Surrey. the solo “It is Finished” in the St John working and generous spirit and in a letter as gravitas that great art alone can provide…’ done), but a modern composer – who has also set Whitman - John Passion, which she did on many occasions, as early as 1944 Vaughan Williams thanks her Adams. Adams, like Vaughan Williams, has found that, much to his Founder of Surrey Opera, and well-known as letters testify. for taking a Leith Hill rehearsal for him and Even news-speak has been struck dumb with the events it can only dismay, he is now a composer in wartime. Despite the chaos a conductor of choirs and operatic commends the way she did it. call ‘September 11’, it was very much the background to the humanity regularly inflicts on itself, we can, at the very least, find productions, Joyce told me that she could not She welcomed the opportunity to learn as she sang under Vaughan Williams’ baton. Not Joyce Hooper received a number of letters preparation of this journal. That Ralph Vaughan Williams and Ivor strength in music. speak of her own career without recalling the required for the solo until the second half in from Vaughan Williams about local musical Gurney can speak to us during such times is a measure of their influence of Ralph Vaughan Williams. It was the version given, (Vaughan Williams matters over the years 1938-1958. In 1998 greatness. We may read Ivor Gurney, a ‘mad’ poet, for the sanity of I would like to thank the following for their invaluable help in through her long association with the Leith Hill Festival that she came to know him. expressing his regret that she would not be Joyce entrusted these to me and refused to his war poems, or find tranquillity in his music when order seems to preparing this journal: Anthony Boden, Chairman of the Ivor Gurney heard in the first half as well) she sat in the take them back so that a decision as to their have vanished from the world.
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