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At a time when the continent was celebrating with great verve a final indulgence in grandiose late romanticism, then the battle to turn away from tonal "harmonious sounds" was fought and finally the search for absolutely "new" sound systems was carried out, the English composers were above all taking time: time to reassure themselves through composition of the wealth of English folklore, the beauty and diversity of "their" landscape, the sublime greatness of cultural tradition and the power of English wit, time to find a musical-English identity, time to make England a characteristic musical nation again. And so there is a lot going on in this concert: Ralph Vaughan Williams ("Charterhouse Suite") and Gerald Finzi (Romance op. 13), both associated with the so-called English pastoral school, paint enchanting still lifes and transport their listeners to a wonderful English dream world. A few decades later, Benjamin Britten proved in his enchanting song cycle "Les Illuminations" that a true Brit can also be inspired by French poetry to play with very English tones. And the bird of paradise of English music, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, concludes by calling for people to enjoy life and live with (not only) English wit.