Danielle Woerner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm glad this discussion is opening up. Coincidentally, I was just
> thinking the other evening about the wonderful Vaughan Williams "Songs
> of Travel," a cycle which I sang in its entirety (I'm a soprano) in
> my first-ever public recital in the '80s. Generally, the cycle is
> done in its entirety by a man, or occasionally shared by a male and
> a female singer.
Not sure what RVW - the original grumpy old man - would make of it; but i
(for one) would be intrigued to hear a female soloist in the Songs. Mind
you: a woman's voice in Butterworth's _A Shropshire Lad_ cycle might be
even more valuable....
All the best,
Robert Clements <[log in to unmask]>
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