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A Pastoral English Songbook

August 28, 2021, 4:30 pm

A view of the roof tops of the village of Hawkshead across to the Cumbrian hills in the distance including red screes and ill bell

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Perfect for a lazy summer afternoon — the charming and poignant early 20th century English art song. This week, Oliver presents favourite songs by Roger Quilter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arthur Sullivan, and Ivor Gurney.

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Playlist to include performances by Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Sarah Walker, John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge, Brian Giebler, and Thomas Allen with pianists Julius Drake, Graham Johnson, Malcolm Martineau, Steven McGhee, Geoffrey Parsons, and Roger Vignoles.

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Meet the Host

Oliver Camacho joined the announcer team in February of 2019. He is the co-host and creative consultant of Opera Box Score and co-host of OperaNow! Podcast. A proud graduate of Chicago’s Lane Technical High School, where he was mentored by George Rico, Oliver went on to study music at Northwestern University, and historically informed performance practice at the Amherst Early Music Festival and Early Music Vancouver. His musical passions are opera, art song, choral music, Early Music, and discovering new composers as well as those who have been previously marginalized or disenfranchised. In January of 2021, Oliver began hosting Listening to Singers, and in October of the same year, he was named WFMT’s Music Director.

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