I so missed BL from when he had his hearing problem. When I was a young singing student, I wrote to him asking for advice , and he wrote me a long, thoughtful and encouraging reply. I heard him with Robert Tear do the Victorian songs somewhere in Lancashire. They were outstanding together. I'm pleased he's gone on and developed his poetry and drama, post operatic career.
I remember Ben going back to when we did a televise with him , we were the Plymouth Youth Mandolin Orchestra & he sang three pieces with us .It was recording at then the Westward Televison Studio in Plymouth ,& then it was televise on Meridian television . It must be around somewhere ,
I do like B. Luxon with his unmistakable timbre. A real fine singer. Still there is one thing in this interview that I cannot fully understand: if he knew that his hearing was failing him, why did he go on singing for so long? It must be sheer torture for a conscientious artist not to be sure of his own performance; reminds me of a pilot going blind but refusing to leave the cockpit. Forced by his contracts? If he had dropped dead, he couldn't have served them either. Or have I missed something?
That final excerpt is GORGEOUS!
I so missed BL from when he had his hearing problem. When I was a young singing student, I wrote to him asking for advice , and he wrote me a long, thoughtful and encouraging reply. I heard him with Robert Tear do the Victorian songs somewhere in Lancashire. They were outstanding together. I'm pleased he's gone on and developed his poetry and drama, post operatic career.
@Griwhoolda It is a gorgeous thing. It's Irish. I have him singing it on a separate clip. Search for Benjamin Luxon sings She Moved Through the Fair.
Love the West Country accent!
R.I.P. Benjamin Luxon.
@kadoguy2006 Thank you! (It just went to my gut last night when I heard it - and made me cry).
RIP
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I remember Ben going back to when we did a televise with him , we were the Plymouth Youth Mandolin Orchestra & he sang three pieces with us .It was recording at then the Westward Televison Studio in Plymouth ,& then it was televise on Meridian television . It must be around somewhere ,
I do like B. Luxon with his unmistakable timbre. A real fine singer.
Still there is one thing in this interview that I cannot fully understand: if he knew that his hearing was failing him, why did he go on singing for so long? It must be sheer torture for a conscientious artist not to be sure of his own performance; reminds me of a pilot going blind but refusing to leave the cockpit. Forced by his contracts? If he had dropped dead, he couldn't have served them either. Or have I missed something?