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The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh
World Wars • 1914 • 1939
Album UK 1970 on Argo label
Spoken Word and Soundtrack
History Reflected issued by Argo Records is a series of programmes reflecting six periods of English History. Includes 8 page booklet
Musicians
 | The Apollo Society , voice actor, dialog, album by |
 | George Rylands , GB advisor, artistic adviser, album by |
 | Peter Orr , directed by, compiled by, edited by, concept by, devised by, cover, photography by, album by |
 | David King , album by |
 | Geoffrey Shaw voc, GB baritone vocals, album by |
 | Ciobhan O'Dalaigh uke, voc, vocals, ukulele, album by |
 | Michael Bremner , advisor |
 | David King p, piano |
 | Richard Pasco , performer on track |
 | Edward Thomas , 1878-1917 GB text by |
 | Duncan McIntyre , performer on track |
 | Thomas Hardy , 1840-1928 GB text by |
 | Michael Redgrave , *1908 GB performer on track |
| H. A. L. Fisher , text by |
 | Donald Sinden , 1923-2014 GB performer on track |
 | Osbert Sitwell , 1892-1969 GB text by |
 | Winston Churchill voc, 1874-1965 GB text by |
 | Ian Holm , *1931 GB performer on track |
| Ivan S. Bloch , text by |
 | Herbert Read , 1893-1968 GB text by |
| Lord Grey of Falloden , text by |
 | King George V , 1865-1936 GB text by |
| Harold Nicolson , adapted by (text) |
 | Alfred Edward Housman , *1859 GB text by |
 | Charles Hamilton Sorley , *1895 GB text by |
 | Rupert Brooke , 1887-1915 GB text by |
| Chorus [World Wars • 1914 • 1939] , performer on track |
 | Virginia McKenna voc, *1931 GB performer on track |
| Ethel M. Bilbrough , text by |
 | Siegfried Sassoon , 1886-1967 GB text by |
| Peter Orr , Ian Holm , Duncan McIntyre , David King , performer on track |
 | David Jones , 1895-1974 GB text by |
| Edgell Rickword , text by |
 | Douglas Haig , GB text by |
 | Wilfred Owen , 1893-1918 GB text by |
| T.A. Owen , text by |
| Captain Molesworth , text by |
 | William Butler Yeats , 1865-1939 IE text by |
| Robert Lynd , text by |
| Baron von der Lancken , text by |
| Edith Cavell , text by |
 | Anonymous bvoc, acg, text by |
| Alan Moorehead , text by |
 | Lady Violet Bonham-Carter , GB text by |
 | Gary Watson , *1930 GB performer on track |
 | John Masefield , 1878-1967 GB text by |
| Edward Lucie-Smith , text by |
 | Ralph Vaughan Williams voc, 1872-1958 GB text by |
 | Ted Hughes , 1930-1998 GB text by |
 | Christian Sinding p, 1856-1941 NO text by |
 | Karel Čapek , 1890-1938 CZ text by |
| Patrick Campbell , text by |
 | Robert Graves , 1895-1985 GB text by |
| Alan Hodge , text by |
| George Lansbury , text by |
 | W. H. Auden , 1907-1973 GB text by |
 | Neville Chamberlain , 1869-1940 GB text by |
 | Dylan Thomas voc, 1914-1953 GB text by |
 | Neville Cardus , 1888-1975 GB text by |
 | Henry Reed , 1914-1986 GB text by |
 | Harold Macmillan , 1894-1986 GB text by |
| Anonymous [Fighter Pilot] , text by |
| Stephen Haggard , text by |
| R. H. Stevens , translated by |
 | Cecil Day Lewis , 1904-1972 IE text by |
| Anonymous [Ministry of Information] , text by |
| E. S. Turner , text by |
 | John Betjeman org, 1906-1984 GB text by |
 | Dorothy Tutin , 1930-2001 GB performer on track |
| Harold Nicholson , text by |
 | Richard Hillary , text by |
 | Charles Causley , 1917-2003 GB text by |
 | Anne Frank , *1929 DE text by |
| B. M. Mooyart-Doubleday , translated by |
 | Chanah Senesh , 1921-1944 text by |
 | Prunella Scales , *1932 GB performer on track |
 | General Douglas MacArthur , 1880-1964 PH text by |
 | E. M. Forster org, 1879-1970 GB text by |
| Omar Nelson Bradley , text by |
 | Henry Purcell , 1659-1695 GB text by |
 | Edith Sitwell voc, 1887-1964 GB text by |
| John Wain , text by |
| Patric Dickinson , text by |
 | Hugh MacDiarmid , 1892-1978 GB text by |
Producers
| Kevin Daly recorded by, engineer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World War One 1914–1918 | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 2 | Prologue | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 3 | Salut D'Amour | David King (2) | Sir Edward Elgar | |
| 4 | Adlestrop | Richard Pasco | ||
| 5 | In Time Of "The Breaking Nations" | Duncan McIntyre | ||
| 6 | Towards Armageddon ("A History Of Europe") | Michael Redgrave | ||
| 7 | The Horse In The 20th Century ("Great Morning") | Donald Sinden | ||
| 8 | The Wars Of Peoples (Winston Churchill To The Commons, May 13, 1901) | David King (2) | ||
| 9 | Modern Weapons And Modern Warfare | Ian Holm | ||
| 10 | "Some Damned Foolish Thing In The Balkans" ("A History Of Europe") | Michael Redgrave | ||
| 11 | The King's Ships ("The World Crisis") | Richard Pasco | ||
| 12 | The Autumn Of The World | Peter Orr | ||
| 13 | August 3, 1914 ("Twenty-five Years") | Michael Redgrave | ||
| 14 | Home Before The Leaves Fall? August 4, 1914 – Britain Declares War On Germany | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 15 | "A Terrible Catastrophe" | George Rylands | ||
| 16 | "Commence Hostilities Against Germany" ("The World Crisis") | David King (2) | ||
| 17 | A Shropshire Lad | Ian Holm | ||
| 18 | The Last Sheaf | Richard Pasco | ||
| 19 | German Rain | David King (2) | ||
| 20 | Peace | Ian Holm | ||
| 21 | Men Who March Away | Richard Pasco | ||
| 22 | Tipperary | Chorus [World Wars • 1914 • 1939] | Jack Judge, Harry Williams | |
| 23 | What Did You Do In The Great War, Daddy? | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 24 | A War Diary | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 25 | In Memoriam (Easter 1915) | Ian Holm | ||
| 26 | Conscription | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 27 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Chorus [World Wars • 1914 • 1939] | George Asaf, Felix Powell | |
| 28 | Attack | Richard Pasco | ||
| 29 | The Disciplines Of The Wars ("In Parenthesis") | Peter Orr , Ian Holm , Duncan McIntyre , David King (2) | ||
| 30 | The Pity Of War | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 31 | Winter Warfare | Michael Redgrave | ||
| 32 | "An offensive campaign" ("Despatch" of December 23, 1916) | George Rylands | ||
| 33 | The General | David King (2) | ||
| 34 | Futility | Richard Pasco | ||
| 35 | Passchendaele (letter to "The Listener", January 25, 1968) | David King (2) | ||
| 36 | The War In The Air | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 37 | Aeroplanes | Peter Orr | ||
| 38 | The War In The Air | Donald Sinden | ||
| 39 | An Irish Airman Foresees His Death | Ian Holm | ||
| 40 | Zeppelins ("The Darkness") | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 41 | Nurse Cavell | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 42 | Edith Cavell, Brussels ("September 12, 1915") | Richard Pasco | ||
| 43 | From The Prison Of St. Gilles ("October 10, 1915") | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 44 | "Treason committed in time of war" (Public Notice, Brussels, October 12, 1915) | Richard Pasco | ||
| 45 | Brussels, Dawn, October 12, 1915 | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 46 | Enigma Variations, No. X!! | David King (2) | Sir Edward Elgar | |
| 47 | Gallipoli | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 48 | "At this crisis" (Winston Churchill to Sir Edward Grey) | David King (2) | ||
| 49 | The Landing, April 25 ("Gallipoli") | Michael Redgrave | ||
| 50 | "In early morning daylight" ("Winston Churchill, As I Knew Him") | David King (2) | ||
| 51 | On The Dead In Gallipoli | Gary Watson (2) | ||
| 52 | The Cemeteries At Gallipoli ("Gallipoli") | Michael Redgrave | ||
| 53 | Gallipoli: Fifty Years After | Peter Orr | ||
| 54 | The Closing Phase | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 55 | Letter To His Mother | Richard Pasco | ||
| 56 | May 9, 1918 ("The Contrary Experience") | Peter Orr | ||
| 57 | Anthem For Doomed Youth | Richard Pasco | ||
| 58 | The End Of A War ("The Aftermath") | David King (2) | ||
| 59 | Studies In English Folk Song, No. 2 | David King (2) | ||
| 60 | Remembrance Day | Peter Orr | ||
| 61 | "Is this the end?" ("The World Crisis") | David King (2) | ||
| 62 | World War Two 1939–1945 | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 63 | The Long Weekend 1918-1939 | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 64 | Frühlingsrauschen | David King (2) | ||
| 65 | Richmond Park ("Letters From England, 1925") | Richard Pasco | ||
| 66 | The Spirit Of The Thirties | Donald Sinden | ||
| 67 | Nudism ("The Long Weekend") | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 68 | Labour Party Conference, October 1935 | Duncan McIntyre | ||
| 69 | A New King And Queen ("Step By Step") | David King (2) | ||
| 70 | No Time | Michael Redgrave | ||
| 71 | Darkened Valley | David King (2) | John Ireland | |
| 72 | The Gathering Storm | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 73 | Peace In Our Time (October 3, 1938) | Gary Watson (2) | ||
| 74 | The Hand That Signed The Paper | Peter Orr | ||
| 75 | Close Of Play ("Autobiography") | Donald Sinden | ||
| 76 | Bless 'Em All | Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | Jimmy Hughes, Frank Lake | |
| 77 | Naming Of Parts | Richard Pasco | ||
| 78 | A State Of War | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 79 | The Blast Of War | David King (2) | ||
| 80 | The First Week Of War | Donald Sinden | ||
| 81 | The Wrong Wings ("Letters To Vernon Watkins") | Ian Holm | ||
| 82 | A Soldier's Letter To His Sons ("I'll Go To Bed At Noon") | Michael Redgrave | ||
| 83 | To A Conscript Of 1940 | Peter Orr | ||
| 84 | "The Harvest will come" (Hitler-Bormann Documents) | Richard Pasco | ||
| 85 | Our Policy (Winston Churchill To The Commons, May 13, 1940) | David King (2) | ||
| 86 | The Home Front | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 87 | The White Cliffs Of Dover | Virginia McKenna | Nat Burton, Walter Kent | |
| 88 | Watching Post, July 1940 | George Rylands | ||
| 89 | Know Your Enemy (Ministry of Information Leaflet) | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 90 | Prayers For Victory? ("The Phony War On The Home Front") | Ian Holm | ||
| 91 | In Westminster Abbey | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 92 | The Blitz | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 93 | September 4, 1940 ("Diaries And Letters") | Dorothy Tutin | ||
| 94 | Westminster In War | David King (2) | William Sansom | |
| 95 | A Refusal To Mourn | Peter Orr | ||
| 96 | The Provinces, November 10, 1940 ("Diaries And Letters") | Donald Sinden | ||
| 97 | Arma Verumque Cano | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 98 | Airmen Broadcast | Ian Holm | ||
| 99 | The Few ("The Last Enemy") | Richard Pasco | ||
| 100 | From The Warsaw Concerto | David King (2) | Richard Addinsell | |
| 101 | "I Joined The Navy" ("The Gunroom") | Donald Sinden | Thomas Hinde | |
| 102 | Song Of The Dying Gunner A.A.I. | Peter Orr | ||
| 103 | We'll Meet Again | Virginia McKenna | Ross Parker, Hughie Charles | |
| 104 | Europe In Chains | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 105 | To The People Of France, 1940 | David King (2) | ||
| 106 | Jews In Hiding ("The Diary Of Anne Frank") | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 107 | "We have lanced the abcess..." ("The Hitler-Bormann Documents") | Richard Pasco | ||
| 108 | Christmas 1942 ("The Diary Of Anne Frank") | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 109 | Europe's Last Hope ("The Hitler-Bormann Documents") | Richard Pasco | ||
| 110 | "Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make" | Dorothy Tutin | ||
| 111 | Keep Right On To The End Of The Road | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 112 | The End Of The Road | Prunella Scales | William Dillon, Harry Lauder | |
| 113 | "I Have Returned" ("Reminiscences") | Peter Orr | ||
| 114 | What I Believe ("Two Cheers For Democracy") | George Rylands | ||
| 115 | "Nil Desperandum" | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 116 | "D-Day Stands As Is, Tuesday June 6" ("A Soldier's Story") | David King (2) | ||
| 117 | "Let My People go" | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 118 | Postscript | Peter Orr | ||
| 119 | The Liberators ("A Soldier's Story") | David King (2) | ||
| 120 | At The British War Cemetery, Bayeux | Richard Pasco | ||
| 121 | "With Drooping Wings" ("Dido And Aeneas") | David King (2) | ||
| 122 | Epilogue | The Apollo Society, George Rylands, Peter Orr, David King, Geoffrey Shaw, Ciobhan O'Dalaigh | ||
| 123 | Dirge For The New Sunrise | Dorothy Tutin | ||
| 124 | Formula For Death ("The Observer", August 1958) | Virginia McKenna | ||
| 125 | From A Song About Major Eatherley | Peter Orr | ||
| 126 | Midnight: May 7, 1945 | Ian Holm | ||
| 127 | At The Cenotaph | Duncan McIntyre |
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