Peter Dickinson

    Programme Note

    This volume incorporates Lord Berners’ complete vocal music in new and authoritative editions by Peter Dickinson. It includes full notes on the music and a foreword by Sir John Betjeman. Two of the songs – ‘Red Roses and Red Noses’ and ‘Come on Algernon’ – appear in print for the first time.


    Contents:

    Lieder Album – Three Songs in the German Manner (1913-18) 4'30"
    i. Du bist wie eine Blume (The White Pig)
    ii. König Wiswamitra King wiswamitra)
    iii. Weihnachtslied

    Trois Chansons (1920) 4'30"
    i. Romance
    ii. L’Etoile filante (The Shooting Star)
    iii. La Fiancée du Timbalier (The Drummer Boy’s Sweetheart)

    Three English Songs (1920) 3'30"
    i. Lullaby
    ii. The Lady Visitor in the Pauper Ward
    iii. The Green-Eyed Monster

    Three Songs (1921) 5'
    i. The Rio Grande (Capstan Shanty)
    ii. Theodore, or The Pirate King
    iii. A Long Time Ago (Halliards Shanty)

    Dialogue between Tom Filuter and his Man (by Ned the Dog Stealer) (1921) 1'

    Red Roses and Red Noses (1940) 2'20"

    Come on Algernon (1944) 2'30"

    Discography