Four Elizabethan Lyrics 9' 30" SAA and piano
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Listen to an excerpt from 'Elegy for Himself' (sung by Voces Cantabiles)
Programme Notes
1 The Owl is Abroad
2 Golden Slumbers
3 Elegy for Himself
4 When Daffodils begin to peer
The set of Four Elizabethan Lyrics was commissioned from Ronald Corp as a result of Farnham Youth Choir winning the Sainsbury's Youth Choir of the Year competition in 1992. The first performance was in 1995. The four songs are highly contrasting in style and mood: Ben Jonson's 'The Owl is Abroad' starts the set, followed by Thomas Dekker's 'Golden Slumbers'. 'Elegy for Himself', written by Chidiock Tichborne as he awaited execution for treason at the age of 28 is a very poignant piece, contrasting sharply with Shakespeare's 'When Daffodils begin to peer'.
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