Welcome Joy
A Celebration of Women''s Voices
IMOGEN HOLST
Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow
11:47
Six Part-Songs for Female Voices and Harp (or Piano)
For the Aldeburgh Festival
1.
1
Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow. Allegretto
1:36
2.
2
Teighnmouth. Allegro molto
1:43
3.
3
Over the Hill and over the Dale. Vivace, ma non troppo
0:58
Presto
4.
4
O Sorrow. Un poco lento
3:05
5.
5
Lullaby. Andante molto moderato
2:36
6.
6
Shed no Tear. Allegretto
1:30
GUSTAV HOLST
Two Eastern Pictures, H 112
5:30
for Four-part Female Chorus and Harp
7.
1
Spring. Allegretto con spirito - Meno mosso - Tempo I
1:58
8.
2
Summer. Allegretto - Andante - Allegretto - Andante -
3:27
Allegretto - Cadenza [harp]
JUDITH WEIR
9.
We sekyn here rest
4:05
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Con moto, leggiero - With a light step - With new energy
HILARY CAMPBELL
première recording
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Spaciously, reverentially Crotchet = 50 - Crotchet = 60 - Crotchet = 50
ELIZABETH POSTON
première recording in this edition
An English Day-Book
22:49
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
11.
1
A Bellman''s Song. Poco maestoso - Meno mosso
1:24
12.
2
Te lucis ante terminum. Plainsong, smooth and flowing -
1:49
13.
3
A Night Curse. Con brio - Largamente maestoso - Lento
1:18
14.
4
Lemady: Maying Song. Moderato - A shade quicker -
3:58
Con spirito - A tempo con grazia - Poco più mosso - Meno mosso -
Tempo I
15.
5
A Charm against the Bumble Bee. Moderato - Tempo giusto -
3:02
Tempo I
16.
6
Interlude for Harp. Molto moderato -
2:10
17.
7
The Noonday Heat (Air by William Boyce, 1710-1779).
2:13
Andante piacevole
18.
8
Running Set: Spring. Con brio
1:40
19.
9
Evening Song (The Priest''s Chant). Tranquillo
1:35
20.
10
Sweet Suffolk Owl. Andante semplice
2:09
21.
11
A Bellman''s Song (Mvt 1 abridged). Poco maestoso
0:56
OLIVIA M. SPARKHALL
première recording
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Andante - En pressant - Più mosso
GEMMA MCGREGOR
23.
Love was his meaning
3:46
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Andante - En pressant - Più mosso
GUSTAV HOLST
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26, Third Group, H 99
13:35
Four Hymns for Female Voices
with Accompaniment for Harp or Piano
This group is written for and dedicated to Frank Duckworth and his
Ladies'' Choir, Blackburn
24.
I
Hymn to the Dawn. Andante
3:14
25.
II
Hymn to the Waters. Allegro
2:13
26.
III
Hymn to Vena (The Sun Rising through the Mist). Adagio -
5:17
Andante con moto - Allegro - Adagio
27.
IV
Hymn of the Travellers. The God invoked in this hymn is the
2:36
Guide of travellers along the roads of this worls and along that
leading to the next. Moderato
SHRUTHI RAJASEKAR
première recording
28.
Ushas - Goddess of Dawn
3:31
for Four-part Female Chorus and Harp
[ ]- Grand
première recording
for Six-part Female Chorus and Harp
Incantation - Pleased - Excited - Ecstatic - Frenzied
GUSTAV HOLST
30.
Dirge and Hymeneal, H 124
4:29
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Andante - Pesante
Choral: Corvus Consort