Charles Villiers Stanford: Orchestral Songs Neil Ferris Director and organist Andrew Arthur

Director and organist Andrew Arthur unites his forces in this compelling programme of works by three composers who flourished in the Jacobean period – Orlando Gibbons

conducted by Artistic Director George Vass

Skempton takes us on a contemporary journey in his own inimitable style and pays homage to Bach through two extra pairs of Preludes and Fugues

we are better able to place him among his contemporaries

Julian Perkins uses two modern copies built by Peter Bavington

Charles Villiers Stanford: Orchestral Songs Neil Ferris Director and organist Andrew ArthurSharon Carty (mezzo soprano) Morgan Pearse (baritone) BBC Concert Orchestra BBC Singers John Andrews (conductor) Charles Villiers Stanford felt a special affinity for the orchestral song, an idiom which began to establish itself as a distinct art form in its own right at the end of the nineteenth century with composers such as Mahler, Richard Strauss, Elgar and Bantock. This recording, released to mark the composers centenary year, features a wide