Catalogue
April 9th, 2010
HAVPCD311 – My Own Country
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| Disk Title | My Own Country |
| A Recital of English Song | |
| Soloists | Harry Sever (boy soprano) |
| Robert Bottone (piano) | |
| Location | New Hall, Winchester College |
| Date Recorded | January 2005 |
| Audio Tracks | 20 |
Harry Sever was BBC Young Chorister of the Year 2003. He is currently a music and academic scholar at Winchester College, where he was Head Quirister from 2003?04. Harry has performed widely as a soloist and broadcast frequently on radio and television. Besides singing, Harry plays the piano, organ and viola, and is a keen sportsman.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 03:13 | Orpheus with his lute | Arthur Sullivan |
| 2 | 04:35 | Edward Gray | Arthur Sullivan |
| 3 | 02:27 | Weep you no more | Hubert Parry |
| 4 | 02:35 | Willow, willow, willow | Hubert Parry |
| 5 | 02:08 | Over the mountains | arr. Roger Quilter |
| 6 | 02:34 | Drink to me only | arr. Roger Quilter |
| 7 | 03:49 | A poet’s hymn | George Dyson |
| 8 | 02:08 | Song of the Cyclops | George Dyson |
| 9 | 02:34 | The Stranger | Cecil Armstrong Gibbs |
| 10 | 01:13 | Five eyes | Cecil Armstrong Gibbs |
| 11 | 02:19 | Down by the Salley Gardens | Ivor Gurney |
| 12 | 02:30 | Snow | Ivor Gurney |
| 13 | 02:01 | O, my deir hert | Herbert Howells |
| 14 | 04:27 | King David | Herbert Howells |
| 15 | 02:26 | My own country | Peter Warlock |
| 16 | 02:13 | Rest, sweet nymphs | Peter Warlock |
| 17 | 02:41 | Tewkesbury Road | Michael Head |
| 18 | 03:42 | Lavender Pond | Michael Head |
| 19 | 04:20 | Tom Bowling | Benjamin Britten |
| 20 | 04:10 | The choirmaster’s burial | Benjamin Britten |
Robert Bottone has been Head of Piano at Winchester College since 1970, and is much in demand as an accompanist. Besides broadcasting and recording he has appeared at the Wigmore Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room, and toured as far afield as Iceland and India.
