| 006506 | Quickening | 20' | E |
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| Mezzo-Soprano (or Alto), Viola and Piano |
| 'When I am dead, mydearest, Sing no sad songs to me' |
| A song cycle on the theme of renewal. 6 poems by Christina Rosetti trace the parallel cycles of winter leading to a new spring, and death leading to new life and resurrection
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| 006506 | Quickening | 20' | E |
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| Soprano, Violin (or Clarinet) and Piano |
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| 006501 | What is Man? (vocal score) | 12' | C |
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| High Tenor and String Ensemble |
| 'Oh, what is life and what is Man? Oh, what is death?' |
| A scena for High Tenor and Strings setting words from William Blake's long poem, 'Jerusalem', in the form of a sequence of accompanied recits and arias.
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| 006501 | What is Man? | 12' | D |
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| version for High Tenor and Organ |
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| 006502 | Angel Food, an Entertainment for Voice and Piano | 10' | B |
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| Alto (or Baritone) and Piano |
| 1. Prelude
2. The Plum
3. Interlude
4. The Melon
5. Interlude
6. The Rose
7. Postlude |
| Three short poems by Felice Picano, each an elegant double-entendre.
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| 006503 | Love Remembered | 15' |
| Tenor and Piano |
| Six songs to poems by Constantine Cavafy in English translations, also available in a version for Saxophone and Piano |
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1. Their Beginning
2. Come Back
3. Chandelier
4. Let me Stop here
5. Grey
6. December 1903
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| 006503 | Love Remembered | 15' |
| Soprano and Piano |
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| 006503 | Love Remembered | 15' |
| Baritone and Piano |
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| 006504 | Postcripts | 15' | C |
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| Baritone and Piano |
| 'For David, on his Birthday' |
| An on-going set of songs on the theme of love, all to short poems by Carl Cook.
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| 006505 | The Second Duino Elegy | 20' | H |
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| Mezzo-Soprano and Ensemble |
| 'Every Angel is Terrible' |
| Setting, in German, of Rilke's Second Duino Elegy with an accompaniment of piano quartet. |
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| 006507 | Let This Harvest Pass, O Love | 20' | C |
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| Alto and Guitar |
| 'the courage to create ourselves anew, all this and more we have fought and won' |
| Twelve Duets for Alto and Guitar based on poems by Carl Cook, written for Rupert Damerell (counter-tenor) and Andrew Keeping (guitar), who gave the first performance at Burgh House, Hampstead. The fantasia for solo guitar, using themes from the song cycle, Harvest Ramble was also written for Andrew Keeping.
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| 006507 | Let This Harvest Pass, O Love | 20' | C |
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| Soprano and Guitar |
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| 006508 | He Wishes... | 15' | H |
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| Soprano and Ensemble (Harp, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello |
| 1. The Poet pleads with his Friend for Old Friends
2. He wishes his beloved were dead
3. He wishes for the cloths of heaven
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree |
| Four poems by W. B. Yeats set for Soprano and Ensemble. |
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| 006509 | He Wishes... (piano version) | 15' | D |
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| Soprano and Piano |
| 1. The Poet pleads with his Friend for Old Friends
2. He wishes his beloved were dead
3. He wishes for the cloths of heaven
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree |
| Four poems by W. B. Yeats set for Soprano and Piano. |
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