Silent Noon

Surely one of the most popular English arts songs written. I have five versions -- it appears in a good proportion of song anthologies. But which one to choose for this lesson in interpretation? I almost settled on the Dame Felicity Lott rendition as it’s a lovely change in what is a man’s song. In the end I chose the Thomas Allen version because the accompaniment is better. (c) EMI Records Ltd, 2001. The album, “On The Idle Hill Of Summer, song cycles and songs by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Quilte