His violin concerto features a sognando cadenza and an E/F-sharp/A/G phrase in the bassoons that provides the melody for the soloist in the first movement.
One of this man's works closes with an Allegro Giocoso setting of "To couple is a custom" and opens with a Lento Amabile setting of "Fain would I change that note." Another work ends with a homophonic setting of "praise them with a merry noise" and opens setting the words "Without arms or charm of culture." His violin concerto features a sognando cadenza and an E/F-sharp/A/G phrase in the bassoons that provides the melody for the soloist in the first movement. In addition to his cycle for tenor and guitar called Anon in Love and his collaboration with Auden on The Twelve, this man's association with the (*) Sitwell family led both to Façade and a work that opens with a setting of Psalm 137 and the words "Thus Spake Isaiah." For 10 points, name this British composer of Belshazzar's Feast.
One of this man's works closes with an Allegro Giocoso setting of "To couple is a custom" and opens with a Lento Amabile setting of "Fain would I change that note.
Sir William Turner {Walton}