Ian Bostridge - "Is my Team Ploughing?" (Vaughan Williams) 

This version was new to me. Wondersful music, wonderfullt played and conducted and sung. Thank you

This totally makes me go goosey! Fabulous!

Great words, beautifully sung, I have this Houseman poem sung by John Shirley Quirk from George Butterworths "A Shropshire Lad". Magic sound both versions.

Did not Housman write this in 1898 - 16 years before the Great War?

Oops, cancel that last comment, just realised Vaughan Williams wrote this music, words by Housman.

I'm afraid VW's version is too hysterical. Try C W ORR's version for the mother of all settings.

What a stupid question. Surely he could go look and check himself whether his team is ploughing without having to ask someone else.

Gorgeous voice and expressive interpretation but what a pity Ian has to look down to read the score; practising in front of the mirror might improve the overall effect. I found his appearance quite distracting.