The Song Garden
A stunning and varied collection of songs and harp solos from around the world celebrating the beauty of gardens, and the elements that makeup a garden such as flowers, trees and birds. Repertoire ranges from Renaissance lute songs to opera arias, classical gems, celtic and folksongs, and contemporary works including a new song cycle written for Emma by talented young South Australian composer Melisande Wright.
Samples
Track List
Silent Worship G. F. Handel/Arthur Somervell
In a Garden so Green Trad. Arr. E. Horwood
An English Country Garden Trad. Arr. E. Horwood
As I Walked Forth Robert Johnson, Arr. E. Horwood
A Moorish Garden Nancy Gustavsen
The Nightingale Deborah Henson-Conant
Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) Trad. Arr. Matyas Sieber
El Picaflor (The Hummingbird) John Marson
The Wild Garden of my Childhood Melisande Wright
The Evening Primrose Melisande Wright
Red Poppies in the Wheat Melisande Wright
Raindrops and Other Flowers Melisande Wright
Morning Calm Sylvia Woods
The Flower of Maherally Trad. Arr. E. Horwood
The Flower Duet Leo Delibes Arr. E. Horwood
When I Was in my Prime Trad. Arr. M. McGlynn/E. Horwood
La lettre du Jardinier (The Gardener’s Letter) Marcel Tournier
Rain Kim Robertson
Perfect Day Colin Towns
In the Garden C. Austin Miles, Arr. E.Horwood
The Salley Gardens Trad. Arr. Benjamin Britten