Liverpool Philharmonic : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Recordings : Made In Britain

Made In Britain John Wilson conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a nostalgic journey through English music.

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1. William Walton Scapino Overture
2. George Butterworth English Idyll No. 1
3. George Butterworth English Idyll No. 2
4. Frederick Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden
5. Arnold Bax The Happy Forest
6. Sir Edward Elgar Salut d’amour
7 - 9. Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite
10. Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
11. Edward German Nell Gwyn Overture

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
John Wilson conductor

Made in Britain is a rich and nostalgic journey through English music straddling the turn of the 20th century, with John Wilson, today’s leading proponent of British Music, at the helm of the UK’s oldest orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Made in Britain celebrates a rich period of English music surrounding the turn of the 20th century, including evergreens such as Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending (for years No 1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame) and Elgar’s Salut d’amour, as well as the folk-inspired Two English Idylls by Butterworth and English Folk Song Suite by Vaughan Williams. The programme opens with Walton’s commedia dell’arte overture Scapino and closes with the Nell Gwyn Overture by Edward German, music director of London’s Globe Theatre from 1888. Along the way we take A Walk to the Paradise Garden from Delius’ opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, and stroll through Bax’s woodland evocation The Happy Forest.