The expressiveof the flute

1 Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) arr. Smith/Rhodes 5.15 2 Chanson de Matin Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. Smith/Rhodes 3.30 3 La Capricieuse Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Kenneth Smith 4.41 4 Make Believe from ‘Granpa’ Howard Blake (b.1938) arr. Paul Rhodes 3.35 5 Brigg Fair Percy Grainger (1882-1961) arr. Paul Rhodes 4.07 Two Country Impressions William Lloyd-Webber (1914-1982) arr. Kenneth Smith 6 i.Mulberry Cottage 2.07 7 ii. Frensham Pond 2.19 8 Lotus Land, Op. 47 No. 1 Cyril Scott (1879-1970), arr. Smith/Rhodes 6.01 9 English Air Peter Lamb (b.1925) 4.21 Five Bagatelles Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) arr. Kenneth Smith 10 i.Prelude 3.33 11 ii. Romanza 4.29 12 iii. Carol 1.59 13 iv. Forlana 2.42 14 v. Fughetta 2.10 15 The Serious Doll Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Kenneth Smith 3.19 16 La Calinda from ‘Koanga’ Frederick Delius (1862-1934) arr. Eric Fenby 3.27 17 Touch her Soft Lips and Part from ‘Henry V’ William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Paul Rhodes 2.33 18 Walking in the Air from ‘The Snowman’ Howard Blake (b.1938) arr. Paul Rhodes 4.12 19 The Skye Boat Song traditional Scottish air, arr. Smith/Rhodes) 2.45 20 Music in the Street traditional Irish air, arr. Paul Rhodes 2.14 21 Golden Slumbers May Fair, from ‘The Dancing Master’, (anon.,1718), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.51 22 Allegretto from ‘Sonatina, Op. 19’ Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) 1.57

CD1: Total CD duration 74.57 Kenneth Smith  Paul Rhodes   1 Clair de Lune from ‘Suite Bergamasque’ Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Roelens/Moyse 4.55 2 Menuet from ‘Petite Suite’ Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Kenneth Smith 2.55 3 On Wings of Song, Op. 34 no. 2 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.56 4 Schön Rosmarin Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) arr. Kenneth Smith 2.04 5 Träumerei (‘Dreaming’) from ‘Kinderszenen’ Robert Schumann (1810-1856) arr. Kenneth Smith 2.51 6 Salut d’Amour, Op. 12 Edward Elgar(1857-1934) arr. Smith/Rhodes 2.58 7 Chant Hindou from ‘Sadko’ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arr. Smith/Rhodes 3.01 8 The Flight of the Bumble Bee from ‘The Tale of Tsar Saltan’ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.09 9 Adagio from ‘Spartacus’ Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), arr. James Galway 3.14 10 Last Spring from ‘Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34’ Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), arr. Paul Rhodes 3.03 11 Berceusefrom ‘Dolly Suite, Op. 56’ Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), arr. Paul Rhodes 3.03 12 Tambourin François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.18 13 Liebestraum No. 3 Franz Liszt (1811-1886), arr. Paul Rhodes 4.38 14 Barcarolle from ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), arr. Paul Rhodes 3.00 15 ‘Minute’ Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.45 16 Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) arr. Paul Rhodes 4.47 17 La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Smith/Rhodes 2.47 18 Hora Staccato Grigoraș Dinicu (1889-1949) arr. Jascha Heifetz/Kenneth Smith 2.12 Trois Gymnopédies Erik Satie (1866-1925) 7.34 19 I Lent et douloureux 2.58 20 II Lent et triste 2.25 21 III Lent et grave 2.11 22 Le Basque Marin Marais (1656-1728), arr. Kenneth Smith 1.39 23 Walking Tune Percy Grainger (1882-1961), arr. Barry Ould 2.45 24 Csárdás Vittorio Monti (1868-1922),arr. Kenneth Smith 5.29

CD2: Total CD duration 70.47 The expressive voice of the flute

There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass…. Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tir’d eyelids on tir’d eyes,… Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.

from “The Lotus-Eaters” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

This collection of some of the world’s most cherished melodies and popular concert favourites is presented by Kenneth Smith, principal flute of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra for 27 years, with pianist and accompanist Paul Rhodes, a duo partnership that has been performing and recording music for flute and piano since 1986. Most of these 46 tracks have been skilfully and sensitively transcribed by the performers themselves, sharing the musical content between both instruments in a way that allows the wide diversity of musical expression that lies within these works to be realized. Most of the works, especially those on CD2, are too well known to need a lengthy introduction, hence the brevity of some of the notes, leaving these beautiful melodies to speak for themselves.

CD1: 1) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves The first known reference to the well-known tune Greensleeves was in 1580 when it was called a ‘New Northern Dittye’ but it seems likely that it is much older than that. It is mentioned twice in Shakespeare’s play ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ and since then by several other playwrights. It has featured in dances, songs and ballads in peacetime and in war. Ralph Vaughan Williams used the melody in a short entr’acte in his opera ‘Sir John in Love’ (1929) which was based on Shakespeare’s play already mentioned and this episode was subsequently adapted by Ralph Greaves in 1934 as a ‘Fantasia on Greensleeves’ for 2 flutes, harp and strings with the composer’s approval. It is this fantasia that Kenneth Smith and Paul Rhodes have transcribed for flute and piano. The central section is based on another folk tune ‘Oh Lovely Joan’ collected by Vaughan Williams and this ends with a flute cadenza that leads to a return of the opening ‘Greensleeves’.

2) Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 Edward Elgar produced numerous musical miniatures often with musician friends in mind and two of them, originally for violin, are presented here. Written in 1899 for a pupil and family doctor Dr. F. Ehrke, Chanson de Matin was the second of two pieces (the first being Chanson de Nuit, 1897) which subsequently became better known in their scoring for small orchestra. Its serenity and air of fresh, youthful innocence have ensured its continued popularity. 3) Edward Elgar: La Capricieuse, Op. 17 One of Elgar’s most charming salon pieces, La Capricieuse was dedicated “à mon ami Fred Ward” and became a favourite recital piece with several virtuoso violinists including Michael Rabin, Joseph Hassid and Jascha Heifetz. Its coquettish melodic line effortlessly and playfully circles over an impish piano accompaniment. The judicious use of rubato by both players is essential to the success of music so delightful as this.

4) Howard Blake: Make Believe Two of the tracks on this CD are devoted to music by Howard Blake from his imaginative scores for the animated children’s films ‘The Snowman’ and ‘Grandpa’. Grandpa is a musical fable first published in 1991 in which, alone in their tiny garden, Grandpa and his small grand-daughter create their own magical world of fairy tale and ‘make believe’.

5) Percy Grainger: Brigg Fair Brigg Fair is a Lincolnshire folksong recorded by Percy Grainger in 1905. It was sung to him by a 72- year-old bailiff from the village of Saxby All Saints. Grainger’s setting of this tune for unaccompanied voices was the inspiration both for the English Rhapsody of Delius (dedicated to Grainger) and for the present atmospheric arrangement for flute and piano by Paul Rhodes.

6-7) William Lloyd Webber: Two Country Impressions Father of two celebrated sons, Andrew and Julian, William Lloyd Webber was a gifted composer in his own right. During the 1950s when the family was living in Surrey, he wrote a set of pieces entitled Six Country Impressions, one each for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn and trumpet. They were written with younger players in mind and are delightfully tuneful and easy on the ear. Mulberry Cottage, for flute and piano, aptly reflects the quiet buzz and fragrance of a country cottage garden and emanates a warm ‘summery’ glow of contentment. The second of these pieces selected here was originally for clarinet and recreates a delightful memory in music of an exquisite country scene near Frensham.

8) Cyril Scott: Lotus Land The English composer, poet and pianist Cyril Scott studied in Germany from an early age before settling in Liverpool as a teacher in 1898. He wrote in an impressionistic style which earned him the soubriquet of the ‘English Debussy’. This is understandable when one considers the atmospheric nature of his Lotus Land, originally an evocative piano piece which Paul Rhodes has imaginatively adapted for flute and piano. A work of haunting beauty, it is a distinctive and sensitive transcription that will surely be a most welcome addition to the flute repertoire.

9) Peter Lamb: English Air Offering the performers the opportunity to indulge their lyrical impulses, Peter Lamb’s English Air employs a main theme of varying intensity. This is contrasted with a short middle section and a plangent little waltz sequence for piano which leads to the return of the main refrain. After its restatement the piece draws to a reflective and questioning conclusion. 10-14) Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles This delightful set of pieces begins with a Prelude that contains many entertaining echo effects in a well designed opening section. The following Romanza is a gentle piece of nostalgia and its central episode has a forward rhythm that contrasts splendidly with its outer sections. The origin of the term ‘Carol’, the title of the third bagatelle, is somewhat obscure, its association with Christmas coming only later in its history. Here it relates in musical terms to the ballade, a little story revealed in music. Next we have the Forlana, an old Italian dance popular with Venetian Gondoliers and notable for its dotted rhythms and steady tempo. The concluding Fughetta seems as its title implies to take flight. The Five Bagatelles were originally written for the clarinet but are here presented in a transcription for flute by Kenneth Smith.

15) Edward Elgar: The Serious Doll Elgar wrote several suites and songs with children in mind, often inspired by the thoughts and recollections of his own childhood. Such delightful morsels as The Serious Doll exert an exquisite charm persuading us with unerring skill to enter the enchanted world of his imagination. It is a movement from the Nursery Suite for orchestra written after the birth of Princess Margaret and dedicated to the Royal Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. It was first performed and recorded at London’s Kingsway Hall in 1931 in the presence of their parents the Duke and Duchess of York, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Elgar was conducting.

16) Frederick Delius: La Calinda La Calinda first appeared in Delius’ orchestral suite Florida of 1886-7. It was later revised and incorporated as an interlude in Act II of his third opera Koanga in Paris in 1895-7. This transcription for flute and piano was made by the composer’s amanuensis, Eric Fenby.

17) William Walton: ‘Touch her soft lips and part’ Much of Walton’s composing life was taken up writing music for films. His most celebrated score was Henry V, written in 1944 in collaboration with Laurence Olivier, not only the star but also the director of the film. ‘Touch her soft lips and part’ is the serenely beautiful music which accompanies the tender scene where Falstaff’s servant Pistol bids farewell to his newly wedded wife Mistress Quickly before departing for war - a sentiment that must have been all too familiar at the time it was written. Paul Rhodes’ telling re-working of this piece has lost nothing of its poignancy.

18) Howard Blake: Walking in the Air Walking in the Air is the central and most popular episode in Howard Blake’s magical score to The Snowman of 1982. The song ‘Walking in the Air’ has a plaintive and beautiful theme that has achieved huge popularity with audiences around the world. Here, in an arrangement by Paul Rhodes and Kenneth Smith, and with the full approval of the composer, it once more weaves its enchanting spell. 19) The Skye Boat Song, long accepted as a Scottish folksong, is in fact partly a shanty heard by Annie Macleod on a boat journey in Northern Scotland in the late 19th century and partly her own composition. The original words by Sir Harold Boulton (1884) were later adapted by Robert Louis Stevenson whose now generally accepted version tells of the flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Stuart) by boat “ over the sea to Skye” after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

20) Of Music in the Street, Paul Rhodes describes how he first became acquainted with this haunting Irish melody through a song arranged by one of his teachers, the Irish composer Redmond Friel. Taking the same melody, Paul’s arrangement dates from 1990 and is dedicated in memory of his parents.

21) The words to the lullaby Golden Slumbers are based on the poem ‘Cradle Song’ by Thomas Dekker (1572-1638). The tune known as May Fair can be found in the third edition of the ‘Dancing Master’ of 1718 and also features in John Gay’s ‘The Beggar’s Opera’. During the late 1600s a May Fair became a regular event in the area of London known as Mayfair and this beautiful tune has become part of the treasury of British Song.

22) Malcolm Arnold: Allegretto This is the last movement of the Sonatina for Flute and Piano, Op. 19 dedicated in 1948 to Arnold’s friend and colleague the flute player Richard Adeney. It finds the composer in the sunniest of spirits casting an irresistibly ‘catchy’ tune over a gently rocking accompaniment.

CD2: 1) Claude Debussy: Clair de lune Clair de lune is the third of a set of pieces for solo piano making up the Suite Bergamasque which Debussy completed in 1890. It is a beautifully subtle evocation of the atmosphere created by moonlight.

2) Claude Debussy: Menuet This Menuet was adapted by Debussy from one of his own songs and forms the third movement of his Petite Suite for piano duet (1899). It is perhaps more widely known in its orchestral version by Henri Busser.

3) Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song, Op. 34 no. 2 Victorian society and indeed Queen Victoria herself thought most highly of Mendelssohn and in an age when music making was an important part of home entertainment his songs found ready acceptance. ‘On Wings of Song’ is one of his best loved melodies.

4) Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin This is one of many salon pieces that Kreisler had for years mischievously passed off as the work of various obscure 18th century composers. Only in 1935 did he finally reveal that they were, in fact, from his own pen. 5) Robert Schumann: Traumerei, Op. 15 no. 7 Schumann’s famous Traumerei (Dreaming) from his Kinderszenen (‘Scenes from Childhood’) is a favourite among pianists. This transcription for flute gives this lovely piece a further dimension.

6) Edward Elgar: Salut d’Amour, op. 12 Elgar’s first and possibly most famous salon piece, Salut d’Amour (‘Loves Greeting’), was written in 1889 around the time of his marriage to Caroline Alice Roberts and bears the dedication ‘à Carice’ – his daughter, so it was possibly a double dedication! It has since been arranged for a wide range of instruments. Elgar could not have foreseen the worldwide popularity it was to claim, let alone the royalties it would earn for the publisher to whom Elgar sold the copyright for a mere two guineas.

7) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Chant Hindou In Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera Sadko, some of the merchant sailors are given the task of describing their homeland in order to determine where they should all set sail for next. The enchanting melody Chant Hindou or ‘Song of India’ has become a favourite song recital piece wonderfully portraying the traditional mystery and romance of the East.

8) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumble Bee This piece comes from another opera by Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tale of Tsar Saltan. Here, the dashing young Prince Guidon is transformed into a bumble bee to make a ‘flying’ visit to his father’s court.

9) Aram Khachaturian: Adagio The lush and sweeping melody of Aram Khachaturian’s richly romantic and passionate love theme from Spartacus and Phrygia has achieved widespread fame after having been freely adapted for use as film and television theme music.

10) Edvard Grieg: Last Spring Artful simplicity is perhaps the aspect which has rendered Edvard Grieg’s song Last Spring, the second of his two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34, as instantly memorable. This arrangement for flute and piano captures the poetic melancholy of the original.

11) Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 56 Among the most popular works by the French composer Gabriel Fauré is his Dolly Suite completed in 1896. These six pieces for piano duet were given as separate birthday gifts to Debussy’s stepdaughter, Hélène Bardac, or ‘Dolly’. The suite is an intimate portrait of a child and her life with numerous personal references. The first movement, Berceuse, was a lullaby for Dolly on her first birthday. It achieved great popularity in the post Second World War period in its orchestral arrangement of 1912 by Henri Rabaud. Its tender simplicity was ideal for the signature tune of a much-loved family radio programme, ‘Listen with Mother’. 12) François-Joseph Gossec: Tambourin Through the ages the word tambourin has been used to represent various types of small drum used in civilian and military contexts, and for the hand held tambourine used in orchestras today. It is also known as a French Provençal dance but the pipe and drum combination is surely what is at the heart of this attractive little piece.

13) Franz Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 This is one of Liszt’s most popular pieces, the English title being ‘Loves Dream’. The subtle harmonic colours which underpin this captivating melody are typical of the Romantic era in which it was written.

14) Jacques Offenbach: Barcarolle This widely known melody comes from the opera The Tales of Hoffmann and conjures up the movement of a gently rocking gondola gliding along the waterways of Venice.

15) Fryderyk Chopin: ‘Minute’ Waltz (Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1) In his set of Waltzes Chopin elevates a favourite dance form to a poetic musical experience. The story behind this famous ‘minute waltz’ (which usually lasts almost two minutes!) is that it was inspired by a moment when Chopin observed his lover George Sand’s dog chasing its own tail. Whether it is true or not, this image creates a very appropriate analogy for the music.

16) Alexander Borodin: Nocturne Originally the slow movement of Borodin’s Second String Quartet, this Nocturne has been arranged and adapted for countless solo instrumental, vocal and orchestral performances. It has an exotic and oriental flavour which Paul Rhodes has captured beautifully in this finely crafted transcription for flute and piano.

17) Claude Debussy: La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin Originally one of Debussy’s Préludes for piano, this piece was written in response to a poem by Leconte de Lisle: “Who, seated on the flowering Lucerne, sings in the fresh morning air? It is the girl with the flaxen hair”.

18) Grigoraș Dinicu: Hora Staccato The most famous of all Rumanian violinists, Dinicu wrote this exciting little piece in New York in 1906. Jascha Heifetz heard Dinicu play it in a restaurant and requested permission to create a version for violin and piano which has subsequently become a famous recital encore.

19-21) Erik Satie: 3 Gymnopédies Satie could be alternately a remote and extrovert character yet was welcomed in the highest social and artistic circles: Diaghilev, Debussy, Ravel and Picasso were among his friends and influences. The word ‘Gymnopédie’ was, in fact, an invention of Erik Satie. The 3 Gymnopédies written in 1888 were inspired by poems about ancient times and have a strong link to the Cubist movement in painting. Like viewing an object from three different angles we are invited to experience the same musical idea from three different perspectives. They are like three miniature sarabandes that share the same musical content whilst at the same time evoking Satie’s ageless vision of Ancient Greece.

22) Marin Marais: Le Basque This is an attractive little display piece along the lines of Tambourin heard earlier. Its perky little melody keeps re-appearing and never fails to bring a smile.

23) Percy Grainger: Walking Tune Percy Grainger’s numerous lighter works are always a joy to hear. Walking Tune was penned by Grainger on a hiking holiday in Scotland. In this arrangement by Barry Ould the gentle and reflective opening develops into a soaring and joyous melody with a typical open-air quality so readily associated with this composer.

24) Vittorio Monti: Csárdás The Italian violinist and composer Vittorio Monti is known principally for this spectacular Csárdás written in 1904. A deservedly famous piece, it begins with a typically slow and dramatic introductory ‘lassu’ followed by a spirited main section that develops into a wild Hungarian gypsy dance. Kenneth Smith 

Principal Flute of the Philharmonia Orchestra London for over twenty seven years, Kenneth Smith is an established and familiar guest principal flute with many of the major orchestras in Britain.

He can be heard on countless recordings of the orchestral and operatic repertoire with several leading orchestras. With the Philharmonia alone he has made over 500 recordings including symphonic cycles, concertos, overtures and orchestral showpieces, ballets, film scores and over 40 operas. His individual sound and imaginative playing on disc and on the concert platform continue to draw glowing reviews and win admirers around the world.

Kenneth Smith’s solo recordings include Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp under Sinopoli for Deutsche Grammophon, Vivaldi concertos with the London Musici and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with Maurice André and the Philharmonia under Muti for EMI. Chamber music recordings include works by Janacek, Mercadante and Messiaen.

Kenneth Smith’s collaboration with pianist Paul Rhodes during the last twenty six years has produced twelve albums of music for flute and piano, five of them being devoted to music by British composers whilst a 3 CD set entitled ‘A Song Without Words’ gives an insight into the life and influence of French flutist Paul Taffanel. The others embrace many of the major works in the flute repertoire along with several virtuoso showpieces, some neglected gems and a selection of these artist’s own colourful and frequently broadcast arrangements of classical favourites.

As an escape from a busy worldwide schedule he returns to his home in Dorset and the tranquillity of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex. Paul Rhodes

Paul Rhodes was born in Ireland and studied piano in Belfast with Wight Henderson.

After reading music at Edinburgh University he went on to study piano with Marjorie Hazlehurst at the Birmingham Conservatoire and with Hamish Milne in London.

Paul lives in Luxembourg where he pursues an active career as a teacher and pianist. In addition to his music-making with Kenneth Smith, he regularly performs as a song accompanist and as an instrumentalist with musicians from Belgium, France and Germany.

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By the River in Spring Harty: In Ireland German: Intermezzo; Suite for Flute and Piano Head: By the River in Spring Alwyn: Flute Sonata Nelson: Erie Cherie; In Venezuela Dunhill: Valse Fantasia Leighton: Flute Sonata Robinson: The Moon-Maiden’s Dance divine art dda 25069 “The whole disc is a delight”–Philip Scowcroft (Light Music Society)

Enchantment Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano Hahn: Deux pièces pour flute et piano Ropartz: Sonatine for flute and piano Dutilleux: Sonatine for flute and piano Franck: Sonata for flute and piano divine art dda 25054 “In perfect taste and without any excess: this disc is a true enchantment!” – Marcel Louis (Pizzicato)

To Pan and Syrinx Martinů: Sonata for Flute and Piano Roussel: Joueurs de flute Enescu: Cantabile and Presto Bonis: Sonata for Flute and Piano Debussy: Syrinx Schubert: Introduction, Theme and Variations divine art dda 25066 “These are exemplary performances. Highly recommended.” – Robert Bigio (Pan Magazine) More acclaimed recordings from Kenneth Smith and Paul Rhodes:

Flute Vocalise Chaminade: Concertino Chopin: Variations on a Theme of Rossini Saint-Saëns: The Swan Benjamin Godard: Suite de Trois Morceaux Jules Massenet: Meditation from ‘Thaïs’ Debussy: En Bateau Briccialdi: The Carnival of Venice Rachmaninov: Vocalise Gaubert: Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16 Borne: Fantaisie Brillante sur Carmen diversions ddv 24156

A Song without Words: The Legacy of Paul Taffanel A treasury of Romantic works inspired or promoted by Taffanel including many first recordings: music by Taffanel, Reinecke, Chopin, Catherine, Fauré, Mouquet, Saint-Saëns, Grandval, Bernard, Lefebvre, Bériot, Barrère, Widor, Gluck, Mendelssohn and more. divine art dda 21371 (3CDs) “Flute playing does not get any better than this. For me, this is the recording of the year.” – Robert Bigio (Flute Magazine) Recording data:

Recorded at – Leighton Park School, Reading: December 1989 (CD1 tracks 15-16) St. Mary’s Church, Burghfield: July 1992 (CD1 tracks 2,6-8, 10-14, 18-19, 21; CD2 tracks 1,3, 5-8, 10-16, 18, 24) August 1994 (CD1 tracks 20, 22; CD2 tracks 2, 9, 17, 19-23) April 1996 (CD1 track 4; CD2 track 4) Performing Arts Centre, St. Swithun’s School, Winchester: April 2007 (CD1 tracks 1, 9) August 2007 (CD1 tracks 3, 5, 17)

Recording engineer: Geoffrey Addis Producer: Kenneth Smith/Paul Rhodes ( CD 1 tracks 1,3-5, 9, 17, 20-22; CD2 tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 19-23) Producer: Antony Hodgson (all other tracks) Photograph of Kenneth Smith by Carla Rees www.carlareesphotography.co.uk Photograph of Paul Rhodes adapted from original by Anje Kirsch Cover design and photograph (“Floral elegance at Castle Howard”): Stephen Sutton Copyright images – all rights reserved Programme notes by Kenneth Smith, Paul Rhodes & Peter Lamb

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