Nightingales is a beautiful song for 5-part mixed voices (SSATB) a cappella, taken from Gerald Finzi's settings of Seven Poems of Robert Bridges.

A wide-ranging quintessentially English setting of lyrical poetry by Robert Bridges, resulting in some of the finest unaccompanied part songs of the period. There is a great deal of variety in the set from the simple and direct setting of I praise the tender flower, through the elated emotions of My spirit sang all day, to the sultry summer by the river in Clear and gentle stream and the weighty emotions expressed in the last song Wherefore tonight so full of care. Performed complete, lasting nearly 20 minutes, the Seven Part Songs provide a most attractive item in a concert programme, suitable for coupling with madrigals and part songs ancient and modern

Songlist: I Praise the Tender Flower, I Have Loved Flowers that Fade, My Spirit Sang All Day, Clear and Gentle Stream, Nightingales, Hast on, my joys!, Wherefore to-night so full of care

Gerald Finzi is one of the most admired British composers of the 20th Century. His music embraces a rich variety of moods, from elegiac lyricism, through spiritual reflection, to radiant joy. Finzi epitomised much that was characteristic of English Music, Literature and Landscape. He was part of that generation of composers who came to maturity in the middle of the 20th century. He was friends with Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edmund Rubbra, Howard Ferguson, Arthur Bliss and Robin Milford. The beautiful and sensitive nature of Gerald Finzi's compositions is displayed in these six excellent 4-part arrangements.

Songlist: All This Night, I Praise the Tender Flower, Clear and Gentle Stream, Wherefore Tonight So Full of Care, White-Flowering Days

One of most popular of 20th century British composers, in concert and on disc , Gerald Finzi's works are lyrical, subtly understated, often elegiac in tone, mingling human pain and natural beauty. These beautiful pieces are suitable for funerals and memorials.

Songlist: Life a Right Shadow Is, This World A Hunting Is, This Life, Which Seems So Fair

with Organ

Contents: Fear No More the Heat of the Sun - It Was a Lover and His Lass - O Mistress Mine - Who Is Sylvia? - Come Away Death.

With Piano Reduction. This work is intended for performance with an adequately large chorus. Duration: ca. 17 minutes. Orchestral parts available on rental from Boosey & Hawkes.

for Soprano and Baritone soli, SATB chorus and orchestra or ensemble. Vocal score comes with piano reduction.

for Chorus and Organ (or Orchestra)

New edition with completion by Christian Alexander of the young composer's first extended work; only the instrumental prelude was performed during Finzi's lifetime. The other three movements are settings of poems by John Masefield, Thomas Hardy and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson.

For the first time, the lovely songs of British composer Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) are collected together in one volume, in two keys. This new collection includes some first time transpositions as well. Contents: I SAID TO LOVE: I need no go - At Middle-Field Gate in February - Two Lips - In five-score summers! - For Life I had never cared greatly - I said to Love. LET US GARLANDS BRING: Come away, come away, death - Who is Sylvia? - Fear no more the heat o' the sun - O Mistress Mine - It was a lover and his lass. LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST: Songs for Hiems and Ver - Songs for Moth: Riddle Song - False Concolinel. OH FAIR TO SEE: I say, I'll seek her- Oh fair to see - As I lay in the early sun - Only the wanderer - To Joy - Harvest - Since we loved. TILL EARTH OUTWEARS: Let me enjoy the earth - In years defaced - The Market-Girl - I look into my glass - It never looks like summer - At a Lunar Eclipse - Life Laughs Onward. TO A POET: To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence - On parent knees - Intrada - The Birthnight - June on Castle Hill - Ode on the rejection of St. Cecelia. A YOUNG MAN'S EXHORTATION: PART I: A Young Man's Exhortation - Ditty - Budmouth Dears - Her Temple - The Comet at Yell'ham - PART II: Shortening Days - The Sigh - Former Beauties - Transformations - The Dance Continued.

Songlist: O Mistress Mine, Ditty, Fear no more the heat o' the sun, OH FAIR TO SEE, Intrada, I SAID TO LOVE, I need not go, At Middle-Field Gate in February, Two Lips, In five-score summers!, For Life I had never cared greatly, I said to Love, LET US GARLANDS BRING, Come away, come away, death, Who is Silvia?, It was a lover and his lass, MUSIC FOR 'LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST', Songs of Hiems and Ver, Songs for Moth: 1. Riddle Song, Songs for Moth: 2. False Concolinel, I say, 'I'll seek her', Oh fair to see, As I lay in the early sun, Only the wanderer, To Joy, Harvest, Since we loved, TILL EARTH OUTWEARS, Let me enjoy the earth, In years defaced, and more

Contents: BEFORE AND AFTER SUMMER: Childhood among the Ferns - Before and after Summer - The Self-unseeing - Overlooking the River - Channel Firing - In the Mind's Eye - The Too Short Time - Epeisodia - Amabel - He Abjures Love. EARTH AND AIR AND RAIN: Summer Schemes - When I set out for Lyonnesse - Waiting for Both - The Phantom - So I have fared - Rollicum-Rorum - To Lizbie - The Clock of the Years - In a Churchyard - Proud Songsters. I SAID TO LOVE: I need not go - At Middle-Field Gate in February - Two Lips - In five-score - Summers - For Life I had never cared greatly - I said to Love. LET US GARLANDS BRING: Come away, come away, death - Who is Sylvia? - Fear no more the heat o' the sun - O Mistress Mine - It was a lover and his lass. LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST: Songs for Heims and Ver (Song for Moth) - Riddle Song - False Colcolinel. OH FAIR TO SEE: I say I'll seek her - Oh fair to see - As I lay in the early sun - Only the wanderer - To Joy - Harvest - Since we loved. TILL EARTH OUTWEARS: Let me enjoy the earth - In years defaced - The Market-Girl - I look into my glass - It never looks like summer - At a lunar Eclipse - Life Laughs Onward. TO A POET: To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence - On Parent Knees - Intrada - The Birthnight - June on Castle Hill - Ode on the rejection of St. Cecelia.

Songlist: O Mistress Mine, Fear no more the heat o' the sun, OH FAIR TO SEE, Intrada, I SAID TO LOVE, BEFORE AND AFTER SUMMER, I need not go, At Middle-Field Gate in February, Two Lips, In five-score summers!, For Life I had never cared greatly, I said to Love, LET US GARLANDS BRING, Come away, come away, death, Who is Silvia?, It was a lover and his lass, MUSIC FOR 'LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST', Songs of Hiems and Ver, Songs for Moth: 1. Riddle Song, Songs for Moth: 2. False Concolinel, I say, 'I'll seek her', Oh fair to see, As I lay in the early sun, Only the wanderer, To Joy, Harvest, Since we loved, TILL EARTH OUTWEARS, Let me enjoy the earth, In years defaced, and more

Vocal/Choral Score. Full score and parts available on rental from Boosey & Hawkes.

Text by Christina Rossetti