Songs of Farewell | Jervaulx Singers

In A Farewell To Arms, Rodney Bennett displays an exquisite sensitivity to the poetry of Ralph Knevet and George Peele, interweaving a solo cello as the voice of the old soldier with expressive and colourful vocal writing. Bach's Komm, Jesu, komm is regarded as one of his greatest musical achievements. The Songs of Farewell by Hubert Parry were written during the First World War whilst a number of his pupils were being killed in action. The highly evocative music yearns to escape the violence of the war and to find heavenly peace.