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Gustav Holst: Ode to Death (Prom 17)
Holst鈥檚 'Ode to Death' is a setting of a passage from Walt Whitman's 1865 elegy 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd'.
Holst鈥檚 'Ode to Death' was written in mourning for friends killed in the war. It is a setting of a passage from Walt Whitman's 1865 elegy 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd'. The ode was written in 1918/19 on Holst's return from Salonica, where he had been organising musical entertainment for the troops.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Performer | Francesca Chiejina |
| Conductor | Martyn Brabbins |
| Orchestra | 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales |
| Choir | 蜜芽传媒 National Chorus of Wales |
| Composer | Gustav Holst |
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