The six poems set here are all to be found in '100 Poems on the Underground'. For SATB (divisi) A Cappella.
Text by Robert Herrick 1591-1674
Score and parts for Thea Musgrave's Pierrot, arranged for Violin, Clarinet and Piano. Duration 17 minutes.
This was commissioned by the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festival in 1964. It was first performed by the Festival Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Charles Mackerras.
Two Christmas Carols in Traditional Style were composed in 1966. It sets two poems by the British poet Norman Nicholson (1914-1987): the Carol for the Watchers and the WiseMan'sCarol. They are scored...
Nurse's Songs was originally written as part of a volume entitled Innocence and Experience, which takes its texts from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, an illustrated collection of poems by Willi...
Innocence and Experience takes its texts from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, an illustrated collection of poems by William Blake, which was first published in two volumes in 1789 and 1794. Each...
Make Ye Merry For Him That Is Come was commissioned by the London Co-operative Society Ltd in 1961, and dedicated to the British conductor and educator Graham Treacher (b. 1932). It is scored for Sopr...
Poems by Hart Crane from White Buildings, set by Thea Musgrave for womens' voices, piano and percussion. Black Tambourine was commissioned by the Musart Singers, who gave the first performance at the...
