Viola Tunnard

Harpsichord; Piano

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Twenty Century English Songs

LP (1) ARGO - ZRG 5439


Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/12/14 & 1964/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Alan Bush : Voices of the Prophets
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Bush (Piano)

Frederick Delius : To Daffodils
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Ernest John Moeran : The Merry Month of May
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Dream Pedlary
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Take, o take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Piggesnie
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Along the Stream - from Saudades
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Echoing Green
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Shepherd
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : If thou wilt ease thine heart
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : Come, oh come, my life's delight
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Holst : Vocal and Instrumental Music

LP (1) ARGO - ZRG 5497


Gustav Holst : 4 Songs for Voice and Violin, op. 35
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Norbert Brainin (Violin)

Gustav Holst : This have I done for my true love for Unaccompanied Voices, op. 34
Purcell Singers conducted by Imogen Holst

Gustav Holst : Old English carols - Jesu, thou the virgin born for Unaccompanied Voices, op. 20b
Purcell Singers conducted by Imogen Holst

Gustav Holst : Two Carols - A Welcome Song & Terly, terlow for Sopranos and Altos, Oboe and Viola
Peter Graeme (Oboe); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola)
Purcell Singers conducted by Imogen Holst

Gustav Holst : Terzetto for Flute, Oboe and Viola
Richard Adeney (Flute); Peter Graeme (Oboe); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola)

Gustav Holst : Six Canons for Equal Voices
Viola Tunnard (Piano)
Purcell Singers conducted by Imogen Holst

Gustav Holst : The Evening-Watch for eight-part Unaccompanied Choir, op. 43
Purcell Singers conducted by Imogen Holst

Sir Peter Pears : The Land of Lost Content

CD (1) BELART - 461 5502 10


John Ireland : The Land of Lost Content
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

John Ireland : The Trellis
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : 'Tis but a week
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : Goldenhair
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : When you are old
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : So Perverse
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : Journey's End
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/12/14 & 1964/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Alan Bush : Voices of the Prophets
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Bush (Piano)

Frederick Delius : To Daffodils
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Ernest John Moeran : The Merry Month of May
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Dream Pedlary
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Take, o take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Piggesnie
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Along the Stream - from Saudades
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Echoing Green
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Shepherd
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : If thou wilt ease thine heart
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : Come, oh come, my life's delight
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Salute to Percy Grainger

CD (1) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 159-2 LM


Trad. : Shepherd's hey, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Willow, willow, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : I'm seventeen come Sunday, arr. Grainger
Ambrosian Singers conducted by John McCarthy / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : There was a pig went out to dig, arr. Grainger
Ambrosian Singers conducted by John McCarthy
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : My Robin is to the greenwood gone, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Lord Maxwell's goodnight, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The Duke of Marlborough fanfare, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Let's dance gay in green meadow, arr. Grainger
Viola Tunnard (Piano); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Scotch Strathspey and reel, arr. Grainger
Ambrosian Singers conducted by John McCarthy / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The pretty maid milkin' her cow, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The sprig of thyme, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Lisbon, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The lost lady found, arr. Grainger
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Shallow Brown, arr. Grainger
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Molly on the shore, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Shenandoah, arr. Grainger
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / Linden Singers conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Irish tune from County Derry, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Brigg fair, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Linden Singers conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Green bushes, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten : Noye's fludde

CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 397-2


Benjamin Britten : Noye's fludde, op. 46
Owen Brannigan (Bass); Sheila Rex; Trevor Anthony (Bass); David Pinto; Darien Angadi; Stephen Alexander; Caroline Clarck; Marie-Thérèse Pinto; Eileen O'Donovan; Patricia Garrod; Margaret Hawes; Kathleen Petch; Gillian Saunders
Emanuel Hurwitz (Violin); Ivor McMahon (Violin); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Terence Weil (Cello); Stuart Knussen (Double-Bass); Stanley Taylor (Recorder); James Blades (Percussion); Ralph Downes (Organ); Viola Tunnard (Piano); Martin Penny (Piano)
Children / Ensemble conducted by Norman Del Mar
1961/07/05 & 1961/07/08 - Orford Parish Church, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : The Golden vanity, a vaudeville for boys and piano, op. 78
Mark Emney; John Wojciechowski; Barnaby Jago; Adrian Thompson (Tenor); Terry Lovell
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess)
1969/10/11 - St. John's, Smith Square, London, England

Britten : A Ceremony of Carols, A Boy was Born, Friday Afternoons, Psalm 150

CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 436 394-2 LM


Benjamin Britten : A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Enid Simon (Harp)
Copenhagen Boys' Choir conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/09/20 to 1953/09/22 - Danish State Radio Studios, Copenhagen,

Benjamin Britten : A Boy was Born, op. 3
Michael Hartnett (Treble)
Purcell Singers / Boys' voices of the English Opera Group / Choir of All Saints, Margaret Street conducted by Benjamin Britten
1957/01/05, 1957/01/07 & 1957/01/08 - All Saint's Church, Margaret Street or Decca Recoding Studios ?, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Songs from "Friday afternoons" for Children's Voices & Piano
Viola Tunnard (Piano)
Downside School Choir, Purley conducted by Benjamin Britten
1966/07/14 & 1966/07/15 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Psalm 150, op. 67
Downside School Choir, Purley (chorus master Derrick Herdman) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1966/07/11 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Bach : Matthäus-Passion

CD (3) EMI CLASSICS - 63058


Johann Sebastian Bach : Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Peter Pears (Tenor); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano); Christa Ludwig (Contralto); Walter Berry (Bass); John Carol Case (Baritone); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Geraint Evans (Baritone); Helen Watts (Contralto); Wilfred Brown (Tenor)
Gareth Morris (Flute); Arthur Ackroyd (Flute); Sidney Sutcliffe (Oboe); Peter Newbury (Oboe da caccia); Hugh Bean (Violin); Bela Dekany (Violin); Desmond Dupré (Viola da gamba); George Malcom (Harpsichord); Viola Tunnard (Harpsichord); Raymond Clark (Cello); James W. Merrett (Double-Bass); Ralph Downes (Organ)
Boys of the Hampstead Parish Church Choir / Philharmonia Orchestra and Chrorus conducted by Otto Klemperer
1961 - Kingsway Hall, London, England