Footnotes is a regular podcast exploring places, people and music with, so far, an emphasis on English composers. It is presented by NAFAS supporter and former BBC producer Richard Dove and the Quarterly Review’s Classical Music editor, Stuart Millson. They have been friends for many years and now their chat on musical matters goes public.
Podcast 16 –
The island of Ireland is a place of legend. Inspired by a rich folk-culture, composers such as Hamilton Harty and Stanford brought Irish identity into their symphonic music – Harty in his Irish Symphony, Stanford in his depiction of the subliminal world, entitled Fairy Day. Meanwhile, Belfast-born composer, Howard Ferguson, through his studies with Vaughan Williams, developed a pastoral, classical style and helped to found the famous wartime concerts at the National Gallery.