Song Cycle for voice and guitar (2009)
Leigh Harrison

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Instrumentation

Guitar
1
Soprano
1

Additional Information

This was commissioned by my friend, the guitarist and conductor, John Forsyth MBE. It is a cycle of three songs about life, death and love. The poems that I set are: Leisure by W.H. Davies; Code Poem for the French Resistance by Leo Marks and Remember Me by Christina Rossetti. The soprano is Rowan Pierce.

Details

Year

Seamer Nr Middlesbrough
United Kingdom

Minutes
9

Recordings

Date recorded
2009
Performers
John Forsyth and Rowan Pierce
Venue
Saltburn
Media link
Song Cycle Voice & Guitar (2009)