British works for voice and piano since 1970

PERIPHERAL VISIONS

BRITISH WORKS FOR VOICE AND PIANO SINCE 1970

JAMES MACMILLAN

1

Ballad

3:58

(1994; William Soutar)

2

The Children

5:01

(1995; William Soutar)

3

Scots Song

5:55

(1995; William Soutar)

ELIZABETH MACONCHY

'Sun, Moon and Stars'

(1976; Thomas Traherne)

4

Sun, Moon and Stars

3:57

5

The Hill

1:51

6

Solitude

2:22

7

Clothed with the Stars

1:20

JUDITH WEIR

'Scotch Minstrelsy'

(1986; texts adapted from Scottish folk ballads)

8

Bessie Bell and Mary Gray

4:04

9

Bonnie James Campbell

2:13

10

Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight

2:02

11

The Gypsy Laddie

2:52

12

The Braes of Yarrow

2:01

GABRIEL JACKSON

13

Liadan Laments

7:15

(1988; Liadan, Irish 7th Century, tr. John Montague)

ROBIN HOLLOWAY

Wherever We May Be, Op.46

(1980-81; Robert Graves)

14

Olive Tree

1:10

15

The Palm Tree

2:00

16

Robbers' Den

2:21

17

Fig Tree in Leaf

0:51

18

Wherever We May Be

2:57

PETER MAXWELL DAVIES

19

Farewell to Stromness

4:19

(piano solos, 1980; from The Yellow Cake Review)

20

Yesnaby Ground

2:34

NICOLA LEFANU

21

But Stars Remaining

6:22

(soprano solo; 1970, C Day Lewis)

GEORGE NICHOLSON

Peripheral Visions

22

Abroad and At Home

1:50

(Jonathan Swift)

23

I passed by his Garden

1:29

(Lewis Carroll)

24

J'ai peur

1:14

(anon)

25

Call (Incident at Week-end Party)

1:27

(D.B. Wyndham Lewis)

Alison Smart soprano

Katharine Durran piano