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This cantata features sixteen highly-varied folk song settings, bound together in seasonal groupings to take the listener on an engaging journey through the year from Spring to Winter. The prologue implores us to 'sing and be merry', and many of the songs facilitate this with their charmingly light-hearted melodies and imaginative orchestral accompaniment. There are also darker moments, such as the haunting and heart-rending setting of 'The Unquiet Grave' in 'Autumn'. For this comprehensive new edition, the editor Graham Parlett has drawn on all available sources, providing an authoritative full score with critical commentary. This edition also makes available new materials for the version for string orchestra and piano, and a new vocal score.
Contents PROLOGUE: To
Contents PROLOGUE: To the Ploughboy 1 I SPRING 1 Early in Spring 6 2 The Lark in the Morning 10 3 May Song 14 II III IV for online perusal only SUMMER 1 Summer Is a-Coming In and The Cuckoo 19 2 The Sprig of Thyme 26 3 The Sheep Shearing 29 4 The Green Meadow 32 AUTUMN 1 John Barleycorn 34 2 The Unquiet Grave 39 3 An Acre of Land 47 WINTER 1 Children’s Christmas Song 50 2 Wassail Song 56 3 In Bethlehem City 61 4 God Bless the Master (from the ‘Sussex Mummers Carol’) 68
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