Yes - a lovely, gentle man and this was evident in the way he sang. I was fortunate to see and hear him during the Three Choirs Festivals at Worcester as a chorus member.

" The Appian Way was a Roman road that connected Rome to Brundisium (Brindisi), one of the most important ports of ancient Italy, a port from which the trade routes for Greece and the Orient began. The Appia, considered by the Romans the queen viarum (queen of roads), is universally considered, in consideration of the era in which it was built (late IV - III century BC), one of the greatest engineering works of the ancient world for the enormous economic, military and cultural impact it had on Roman society. Large stretches of the road, particularly in the suburbs of the city of Rome, are still preserved and passable as well as a destination for archaeological tourism. "

agreed and a much better bygone era where honesty/integrity and standards played an important part in peoples lives..all but gone in our sad age.

How well put😇!

​@@christophernunn943yes! Beautifully said 🎉😢

Well, each to his own. I've heard many recordings of this wonderful work, and none comes close to this version. Apart from the exquisite diction, the purity and restraint of the voice matches the sentiment of the piece perfectly. Less is definitely more in this case.

@@johnpeacock1469 Agreed! I am always hesitant to label any recording of any work "definitive," since different interpretations can help us hear new facets of a good or great piece, but I would make an exception for this wonderful performance. Very, very special.

Try the second movement of the Cello Concerto. It'll melt you. It's devastatingly beautiful.

I completely agree with all you've written John. I just wish that I had listened more to the third program 50 yrs ago when Wilfred Brown pieces were broadcast regularly. Unfortunately I was appreciating Walter Midgley who was in very short supply back then. Brown and Finzi go so well together as did Pears and Britten and Lewis and Elgar. Such joy listening to such beautiful music.

Beautiful story.

@@barbaraskoczowska7449 Yes! The phrase for it is genius loci, the genius of the place that everywhere breathed Delius' music, love, and inspiration.

Does anyone else hear the sound of Scottish song in these sonatas?

​@@theflyingrobby I don't doubt it. Delius incorporated folk song in many of his compositions, most notable Negro spirituals in the early work "Florida Suite." And of course there are his Norwegian songs inspired by the Scandinavian north where he loved to wander on extended hiking tours.

He was born and raised close to the Scottish border. He must have heard lots of Scottish songs. There are also the Kerry songs from that area.

Wowwww yo lo estoy leyendo este año, qué loco

I see now, yes. Who else?

John Browning

I agree ... a little bit! But have you listened to the version of ELP themselves on the album "Works" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmPCc6iQg7meY9k) ? That is in my opinion really far to fast!

Go to settings and reduce the speed...that's what I did

From a technical standpoint, John Bull's version is significantly more difficult to perform, primarily because it uses a complex "clockwork" overlay of 3, or sometimes 4 voices that interact to form the melody with 3/x and 4/x rhythms sometimes running concurrently. In most of the variations, no one voice provides the entire melodic line, or entire harmonic line entirely or consistently. The "ease" with which Dr Newman brings out the melodic lines and voice separations is very deceptive. On the flip side, Byrd's version is more difficult to perform as a "striking" or "wow factor" performance, due to its relative simplicity. From the standpoint of instruction or teaching, the experience of putting the elements of Bull's version together would be both a challenge to any student, and a significant learning experience. From a historic standpoint, the odd twist is that at the time this piece was written, Lord Walsingham was Elizabeth's spymaster and chief inquisitor, whose main task was to root out and eliminate the subversive and enemy Catholic elements, which included Dr Bull.