CDA67115 - Disc 1 Track 3 - The Lass of Richmond Hill

The Lass of Richmond Hill

First line:

On Richmond Hill there lives a lass

composer

James Hook (1746-1827)

1789

author of text

Leonard McNally (1752-1820)

Recordings

Fairest Isle

Catherine Bott (soprano), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), The Parley of Instruments

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Joseph Cornwell (tenor), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)

Track 3 on CDA67115 [2'43] Archive Service Only

English

The Lass of Richmond Hill

A way of celebrating national identity was to place a love-story in a picturesque British rural setting. The most famous song of this type is James Hook’s The Lass of Richmond Hill, published in 1789 and said to have been sung by James Incledon (1763-1829) at Vauxhall Gardens. Its delightful orchestral setting features viola obbligato with pairs of flutes and horns supported by pizzicato violins and basses.

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Artists

Joseph Cornwell (tenor)

The Parley of Instruments

Peter Holman (conductor)

ISRC

GB-AJY-00-11503

Duration

2'43

Recording date

22 April 1999

Recording venue

St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom

Recording producer

Martin Compton

Recording engineer

Antony Howell & Julian Millard

Hyperion usage

Fairest Isle (CDA67115)
Disc 1 Track 3
Release date: March 2000
Deletion date: April 2004
Archive Service Only

Licensing

1.Audio tour British Vision - Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Gent. Antenna Audio Production

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