Along with more than a million others the English composer George Butterworth died during the infamous five month long Battle of the Somme, which began just over a hundred years ago. In honour of the fallen of all nations, we would like to release our recording of one of Butterworth's best known pieces, the exquisitely beautiful The Banks of Green Willow. It is about as far from the mud and horrors of the Somme as it is possible to be!
We recorded it at the House of the Open Door. The players were Nicola Gerrard, Mike Halliday, Philippa Bacon, Helen Rees, Julian Chan, Corinne Frost, Jo Garcia, Justin Coldstream and James Horsfall.