Wavelength Music Documentary: Remembering Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute 

October 8 marks the anniversary of the death of the great English contralto singer, Kathleen Ferrier, in 1953.

She achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar.  Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a profound shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after her death.

This tribute program includes reflections from Rob Paul, some of Ferrier's best known recordings, and Matthew Parris's program on Ferrier for the BBC series Great Lives.

Playlist

(00.00.00) Introduction   (00.00.33) Kathleen Ferrier/Blow The Wind Southerly   (00.03.28) Matthew Parris in discussion with Sue MacGregor and Christopher Fifield (BBC Radio 4 'Great Lives')   

(00.30.19) Introduction & Kathleen Ferrier in the (00.31.49) full male part from Gluck's Orfeo Ed Euridice.

rob.paul@sapphirefm.au