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 2 sopranos, cello and narrator
Instructions To Four Walls
A setting of W.S. Merwin's poem, scored for two sopranos, two contraltos, harp and glass harp
Look thy last on all things lovely
Words: Walter de la Mare
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')
A Winter’s Tale
SSA and piano
Words: Dylan Thomas
Care-charmer Sleep
SATB unaccompanied
Words: Samuel Daniel
In the bleak midwinter
Words: Christina Rossetti
The Heart-in-Waiting
SSATB unaccompanied
Words: Kevin Crossley-Holland
Sheep like stones
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)
To a child dancing in the wind
For my stepdaughter on her 15th birthday.
Sung by Arianna (the birthday girl).
Trust your heart
For my wife on her birthday. Sung by Arianna and me.