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Track(s) taken from CDD22071

'Tis but a week

composer
1919
author of text

Gerald Finley (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Recording details: January 1997
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: June 1997
Total duration: 1 minutes 58 seconds

Cover artwork: Alby, Norfolk. John Middleton (1827-1856)
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
 

In ’Tis but a week Bridge attempts once again the dramatic style of Love went a-riding, but not so successfully since the real subject of the song is the uselessness of war and that nature, having more sense, carries on regardless.

from notes by Michael Pilkington © 1997

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