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FULL MORE THAN DAFFODILS Songs of William Wordsworth London 2020
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: More than daffodils
- Composer: various
- Libretto: William Wordsworth
- Venue & Opera Company: Hinde Street Methodist Church, London, UK, London Song Festival
- Recorded: November 27, 2020
- Type: Concert Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
A programme exploring William Wordsworth’s search for solace in the landscapes of his beloved Lake District, with readings from the journals and letters of his sister Dorothy.
Song 1 – Dominick Argento (1927-2019) and William Wordsworth – Prologue: Shadow and Substance
from To be Sung upon the Water
Song 2 – Ronald Corp (b. 1951) and William Wordsworth (1770-1850) – Dust as we are
Song 3 – John Woolrich (b. 1954) and Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859) – I will walk abroad from Here is
my Country
Song 4 – Michael Short (b. 1937) and William Wordsworth – November 1, 1815 from Of Time and
Season
Song 5 – Louise Héritte-Viardot (1841-1918) and William Wordsworth – To Daffodils
Song 6 – Dominick Argento and William Wordsworth – The Lake at Evening from To be Sung upon the
Water
Song 7 – Muriel Herbert (1897-1984) and Robert Southey (1774-1843) – How Beautiful is the Night
Song 8 – Dominick Argento and William Wordsworth – The lake at Night from To be Sung upon the
Water
Song 9 – Michael Short and William Wordsworth – September 1815 from Of Time and Season
Song 10 – Christopher Brown (b. 1943) and William Wordsworth – And in the Frosty Season from
Wordsworth Songs
Song 11 – Dominick Argento and William Wordsworth – Music on the Water from To be Sung upon the
Water
PART 2
Song 12 – Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968) and William Wordsworth – That Mighty Heart
Song 13 – William Walton (1902-1983) and William Wordsworth – Glide Gently from A Song for the
Lord Mayor’s Table
Song 14 – Christopher Brown and William Wordsworth – Oh there is blessing in the gentle breeze
from Wordsworth Songs
Song 15 – Ronald Corp and William Wordsworth – The Tables Turned
Song 16 – Ronald Corp and William Wordsworth – To a Skylark
Song 17- Frank Bridge (1879-1941) and Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) – Berceuse
Song 18 – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) – Cradle Song
Song 19 – Eric Thiman (1900-1975) and William Wordsworth – I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud