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Thread #3216   Message #2486349
Posted By: Billy Weeks
06-Nov-08 - 05:08 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Long, Long Ago (Thomas Haynes Bayly)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Long, Long Ago (Thomas Haynes Bayly)
I heard 'Long,Long Ago' sung at a concert, 'Music for a Summer's Evening' in July 2008 at the Museum of Garden History in Lambeth, London. The venue may sound surprising, but this was in connection with a Tate Gallery conference on 'The Pleasures of Vauxhall' - and Bayley's songs were, of course, frequently featured at Vauxhall Gardens around the 1830s. It was a beautiful performance by soprano Amanda Pitt and made me think that some of THB's songs would be well worth reviving.