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In Flanders fields

composer
1917; revised 1919
author of text
1915; In Flanders fields

Robin Tritschler (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
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Recording details: February 2014
St Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom
Produced by Raphaël Mouterde
Engineered by Mike Hatch & Robin Hawkins
Release date: November 2014
Total duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds

Cover artwork: The Volunteer (c1914-1916).
© HIP / Topfoto / ArenaPAL
 

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Reviews

'This timely recital includes songs by those, more ore less obscure who fell young in the First World War—George Butterworth, Albéric Magnard, Rudi Stephan, William Denis Browne and others—and by those who survived, were imprisoned or were otherwise affected by that shameful conflict. The gifted tenor Robin Tritschler's singing is nuanced sensitively, while the pianist Malcolm Martineau is, as always, an astute partner' (The Sunday Times)
In Flanders fields is another 1917 ‘war song’, very different in temper from He is There!. It sets—at his business partner Julian Myrick’s request—a poem by John McCrae, who had been medical referee for their insurance firm, Mutual Life, in Montreal. Myrick had it premiered at a luncheon for Mutual managers at the Waldorf Hotel. The audience was understandably nonplussed, and Ives was distressed by the poor performance, and he revised the song in 1919. It partly derives from a lost march of 1899 and is a dirge for the war dead, opening with a bitter fanfare and containing sardonic references to Columbia, Gem of the Ocean, God Save the King, the Marseillaise and several other national tunes.

from notes by Calum MacDonald © 2008

In Flanders fields («Dans les champs des Flandres») est un autre «chant de guerre» de 1917, au tempérament bien différent de celui de He is there!. À la demande de son associé Julian Myrick, Ives mit en musique un poème de John McCrae, qui avait été arbitre médical pour leur compagnie d’assurances, Mutual Life, à Montréal. Myrick créa cette œuvre au Waldorf Hotel, lors d’un déjeuner organisé pour les directeurs de la compagnie. L’auditoire fut, on le comprend, dérouté et Ives, tourmenté par cette piètre interprétation, révisa son chant en 1919. C’est un chant funèbre pour ceux qui sont morts à la guerre; en partie issu d’une marche de 1899 aujourd’hui perdue, il s’ouvre sur une fanfare amère et renferme de sardoniques allusions à des airs nationaux comme Columbia, Gem of the Ocean, God save the King et la Marseillaise.

extrait des notes rédigées par Calum MacDonald © 2008
Français: Hypérion

In Flanders fields ist ebenfalls ein „Kriegslied“ von 1917, aber in einer ganz anderen Stimmung als He is there!. Es vertont—auf Wunsch seines Geschäftspartners Julian Myrick—ein Gedicht von John McCrae, der ein medizinischer Gutachter für ihre Versicherungsfirma Mutual Life in Montreal gewesen war. Myrick veranstaltete die Uraufführung während eines Lunches für Vorstandsmitglieder von Mutual im Waldorf Hotel. Das Publikum war verständlicherweise verblüfft, aber Ives war über die schlechte Aufführung unglücklich und revidierte das Lied 1919. Es beruht teilweise auf einem verlorengegangenen Marsch von 1899 und ist ein Klagelied für die Kriegstoten: es beginnt mit einer bitteren Fanfare und enthält sardonische Anspielungen auf Columbia, Gem of the Ocean, God Save the King, die Marseillaise und mehrere andere Nationallieder.

aus dem Begleittext von Calum MacDonald © 2008
Deutsch: Renate Wendel

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