The lads in their hundreds - Butterworth (John Brancy and Peter Dugan)
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- Опубликовано: 6 апр 2016
- This song was written just before the Great War by George Butterworth. It tells the ironic tale of young men who lost their life too soon to the chaos and madness of the War. George Butterworth was undoubtedly one of the great composers of his time and he, along with many others, became one of the young men depicted his this song.
#artnotwar 
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Heartbreaking...... Butterworth's Housman songs are the ultimate settings (and there are many). There is an excellent video about his life, All My Life's Buried Here, The Story fo George Butterworth.
I couldn't hold back the tears. A supremely beautiful, graceful, respectful performance. Exquisite restrained pathos expressed by poet, composer, singer and accompanist alike.
Thank you gentlemen - and God bless you too, you lads who never grew old.
Thank you deeply for your comment Michael.
[Sorry John. Reposted in error]
The words grab you immediately. This singer and the pianist capture the stark,everyday rusticness.
Makes me cry. John. You are one of the most amazing singers ever. Wow.
Exquisite... so beautifully done. A piece that takes my breath away and leaves me in tears... a truly wonderful voice.
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Brings a tear...
Saisissant, autant par la voix que par le piano! Je suis sous le charme de ces deux magnifiques artistes
I would love to hear you sing the complete A Shropshire Lad. This is a beautiful and heartfelt interpretation.
You are present in your music! Many singer's don't have the gift to let their personality carry through into their singing. And the sense of sincerity/intimacy is great!!
I've always loved this song and considered Bryn Terfel's recording to be the gold standard. But John Brancy's more gentle approach really fits the sadness of this piece well. A wonderful performance!!
Simply wonderful
Amazing. This is why I love music. So well done, so moving and elegant. Thank you so much for posting it. The flags flying in the background add a wonderful touch of context, too.
This is stunning! I love how you colour the narrative: the communication is so clean and emotive.
okay this is remarkable. New favorite singer..
Beautiful. Thank you so much.
A wonderful performance. This is a really bizarre poem when one thinks about it, the lads who die young are presented as if they are to be envied, as if decline would otherwise be their inevitable lot. For some reason I find this to be Butterworth most haunting setting of Housman's poems.
Amazing voice!
Thank you so much, John!
A truly wonderful interpretation !! So many other singers miss the poignancy and over sing. You retain the resonance and subtlety. Warren
I am stunned at the magnificence of this performance. Magnificent. (Sorry I can't think of more adjectives, but like I said, I'm stunned).
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I have listened to your superb "Silent Night" CD several times now. I was especially moved by your singing of Ravel's "Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis," which I had not heard before. I've written down the lyrics, and have been singing it out loud constantly around the house, driving to consternation and despair my teenage kids, my neighbors, and my Labrador Retriever.
See what you've done?
Brancy, you are a marvel.
Wow, what a beautiful and resonant voice! I'm a voice performance undergrad at UT Austin and I just want to let you know that you are such a source of inspiration for me. I can't wait for an album!
This is absolutely breathtaking.
Beautiful song, voice, performance...
My hat's off to you, sir.
What a fantastic voice and sense of style.
Most excellent!
So moving. So beautifully rendered.
The words were written by A E Houseman in the 1890s and set to music by Butterworth in 1911. The subject of the poem/song wasn't those who lost their lives in the Great War - that was a horror unknown to both writer and composer at the time.
Nastyswimmer thanks for your comment. However, are you aware of George Butterworth’s untimely death in the Battle of the Somme during WWI?
Indeed I am - but he wasn't when he set Houseman's words to music five years earlier (neither was Houseman when he wrote them 25 years before). Incidentally, my grandfather also fought on the Somme (but survived the war) and I was taught music by Arthur Butterworth. No idea if they were related
We perform this piece and reference WWI because of how the text relates to the atrocities of the war, and war itself, as well as prophetically references Butterworth’s own untimely death. Thank you for your thoughtful comments.
Je résume ma pensée par un seul mot : MAGNIFIQUE.
Excellent singing!
Nicely done. Bravo.
Beautiful.
I think this was, more likely, the Boer Wars as Housman wrote it in 1896. Sadly, there were much greater horrors to come in the first half of the 20th Century. Beautifully sung in any case.
Wow.
Pretty voice, nice technique. I'm your fan!
Love your singing!
But why does it contain variations of Sommervell's setting for this song?
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