Forgotten Voices of the Great War
Song Cycle for soprano, tenor, baritone, cello & piano (12 songs)
Words from the book by Max Arthur
vocal
What Is the Word
A setting of Samuel Beckett's last poem scored for soprano, mezzo, cello and narrator
Published by Universal Edition
Instructions To Four Walls
A setting of W.S. Merwin's poem, scored for two sopranos, two contraltos, harp and glass harp
Tread lightly
Words: Oscar Wilde
When days are long in May
Words: Jaufré Rudel (translation: Frederick Goldin)
Not waving, but drowning
Words: Stevie Smith
The darkling thrush
Words: Thomas Hardy
choral
Thro’ midnight streets
SATB, clarinet, viola, cello and piano
Words: William Blake ('London')
Published by Universal Edition
A Winter’s Tale
SSA and piano
Words: Dylan Thomas
Care-charmer Sleep
SATB unaccompanied
Words: Samuel Daniel
Published by Universal Edition
In the bleak midwinter
SSAATTBB unaccompanied
Words: Christina Rossetti
Published by Universal Edition
The Heart-in-Waiting
SSATB unaccompanied
Words: Kevin Crossley-Holland
Sheep like stones
SATB unaccompanied
Words: Jenny Overton
Never doubt I love
Words: William Shakespeare
The Canticle of the Sun
Words: St. Francis of Assisi, translated by Adrian House
The Villagers’ Carol
Words: Kenneth Grahame
Carry her over the water
Words: W.H. Auden
This endris night
Words: English 15th century
songs for friends & family
The Shepherd’s Song
For my mother at Christmas. Sung by Arianna and me (x2)
Words: Edmund Bolton
To a child dancing in the wind
For my stepdaughter on her 15th birthday
Sung by Arianna (the birthday girl)
Words: William Butler Yeats
Trust your heart
For my wife on her birthday. Sung by Arianna and me
Words: E.E. Cummings
Look thy last on all things lovely
For my mother
Words: Walter de la Mare