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Skempton Poems of Love and War

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for SATB unaccompanied Poems of Love and War sets a sequence of nine poems from 'Viking Poetry of Love and War' by Judith Jesch. The war poems are formal and celebratory, making vivid use of figures of speech known as 'kennings', while the love poems are more direct, and sometimes playful. Skempton's imaginative settings bring these striking texts to life, artfully using changing metres to evoke the sound of spoken word.

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7 38 ° & # # 2 4 ˙ œ œ œ Œ 3 2 4 4 œ œœ ˙ œœ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙˙ œ œ 3 4 ?# ¢ # gen - ’rous friend. When the ru - ler ra - ces his sea - skis on the ˙ œ 2 4 œœ Œ œ œ 3 4 ˙ œ 2 ˙ œœ œ 4 ˙˙ ˙ œ œ 3 4 47 ° & # # 3 4 ˙ œ 2 4 ˙ œ œ œ 3 4 œœ Œ 2 3 4 4 œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ 2 4 œ œ œ ˙˙ 3 4 ?# 3 ¢ # 4 roll ˙ - ing slopes of Me - i - ti,* it seems like an an - gel com-pa - ny œ ˙ 2 3 2 œ œœ 3 4 œ œ 2 4 œ Œ œ œ 4 ˙˙ œ 4 ˙ œœ 4 œ œ ˙˙ 3 4 56 ° & # # 3 4 ˙ œ 2 4 œ œ 3 4 2 3 4 4 ˙ œ œ ˙˙ œœ Œ œ ˙ œ 2 4 œ œ ˙ cruis ?# 3 ¢ # 4 ˙ - ing for the Lord of Hea - ven. The spoil - er of the rough œ 2 4 œ œ 3 2 3 4 ˙˙ œ 4 ˙˙ 4 œ Œ œ ˙ œ 2 œœ œ 4 ˙˙ 64 ° & # # ˙˙ 3 4 2 ˙ 4 œ ˙ œ 3 4 œ œ œ for online perusal only 2 4 œ œ ˙˙ œ œ ˙˙ œ ?# ¢ # sea’s steeds is loved se - cond on - ly to God by the peo - ple of ˙ 3 4 ˙ œ 2 4 ˙˙ œ œ 3 4 œœ œ œ 2 4 ˙ œ œ œ ˙˙ œ 73 ° & # # 3 4 ˙ ˙ œ Œ œœ ˙ œ 2 4 œ œ 3 4 2 4 ˙ œ œ ˙˙ 3 4 ˙ Œ ?# ¢ # this na - tion. Your roy - al - ty re - mains for - ev - er. ˙˙ ˙ 3 4 œ Œ œ ˙ œ 2 4 œ œ 3 2 3 4 ˙˙ œ ˙˙ ˙ 4 4 Œ * pronounced ‘Mayti’

8 Hallfred Ottarsson (10th century) trans. Judith Jesch 5. ‘I thought, when I caught sight’ SOPRANO ALTO ° & # # # # # 3 4 q = c.96 p œ ˙ œ 2 4 œ œ ˙ œ œ 3 2 3 4 ˙ œ 4 ˙ 4 œ œ Œ 2 4 I † thought, when I caught sight of the Gunn* of fine lin - en, TENOR BASS ?# 3 ¢ # # ## 4 œ ˙ œ p 2 4 œ œ ˙ œ œ 3 ˙ œœ 2 3 4 4 ˙ 4 œ œ Œ 2 4 8 ° & # # # # # 2 4 œ œ 3 4 ˙ œ 2 4 ˙ ˙ œ œ 3 4 ˙ œ œ ˙˙ 2 4 œ Œ that a boat was float - ing on the sea be - tween two isles; ?# 2 ¢ # # ## 4 œ œ 3 ˙ œ ˙ 2 ˙ œœ œ 3 ˙ œ 2 4 4 4 œœ ˙ œ 4 Œ ° 16 3 & # # # # # œ œœ ˙ 4 ˙ ‡ œ ˙ œ 2 4 for online perusal only 3 œ œ 4 ˙ œœ œ œ Œ 2 4 ?# ¢ # # ## and the seam - Sa - ga gleamed a - midst the stream of wo - men, œ œ ˙ 3 4 ˙˙ œ ˙˙ œ 2 œœ œ 3 ˙˙ œ œ œœ 4 4 Œ 2 4 23 ° 2 & # # # # # 4 œœ œ œ œ ˙ 3 ˙ 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œœ œ Œ ?# 2 ¢ # # ## 4 like a well - e - quipped war - ship with sail and gold - en tack - le. œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ 3 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ œ˙ œ œ œœ œœ Œ * pronounced ‘Goon’, with ‘oo’ as in ‘book’ † Gunn of fine linen = a kenning for woman, meaning ‘headdress-valkyrie’ ‡ seam-Saga = a kenning for woman. ‘Saga’ is the name of a goddess, with ‘seam’ alluding to the textiles she is wearing.