Written for soprano solo recorder viola da gamba and harpsichord.This little cantata was commissioned by Carl Dolmetsch and first performed by Elizabeth Harwood (soprano) Jeanne Dolmetsch (sopranino recorder) Marguerite Dolmetsch (viola da gamba) and Joseph Saxby (harpsichord) at the Wigmore Hall on 22 March 1979.

Edward Thomas was born in Lambeth on 3rd March 1878 and spent most of his childhood in London. His holidays however were spent with relatives in Swindon and it was there that he developed his abiding love of all things rural.He was educated at St Paul's Hammersmith and was encouraged in his creative writing by James Ashcroft Noble whose daughter he secretly married after her father's death and to the great disapproval of her family. Despitegrowing anxiety over poverty ill health and literary discouragement which exacerbated a natural tendency to depression Thomas worked unstintingly as a reviewer and wrote and published over 30 books between 1897 and 1917.'Adlestrop' was written with four other poems between 7th and 9th June 1915. He enlisted in 1915 at the age of 37 and was called to the Front in 1917. He arrived at Arras on 9th February 1917 and was killed on the 9th April Easter Monday by a shell blast in the opening minutes of the offensive.This work for Soprano and Piano was premiered by Jane Manning and Dominic Saunders at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1989. Text by Edward Thomas. A3 ScoreAvailable: SOS03574

Lunas Zauberschein was first performed by Margaret McDonald (Mezzo-Soprano) and Julie Rees (Bass Flute) at the Royal  Northern College of Music Manchester on 20th March 1979.

A3 Size Score-Edward Thomas was born in Lambeth on 3rd March 1878 and spent most of his childhood in London. His holidays however were spent with relatives in Swindon and it was there that he developed his abiding love of all things rural. He was educated at St Paul's Hammersmith and was encouraged in his creative writing by James Ashcroft Noble whose daughter he secretly married after her father's death and to the great disapproval of her family. Despite growing anxiety over poverty ill health and literary discouragement which exacerbated a natural tendency to depression Thomas worked unstintingly as a reviewer and wrote and published over 30 books between 1897 and 1917.'Adlestrop' was written with four other poems between 7th and 9th June 1915. He enlisted in 1915 at the age of 37 and was called to the Front in 1917. He arrived at Arras on 9th February 1917 and was killed on the 9th April Easter Monday by a shell blast in the opening minutes of the offensive.This work for Soprano and Piano is set to the text of Edward Thomas.

Par SULLIVAN SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR. Format: 1/2 Parisien landscape/ Répertoire / Flûte à Bec Soprano

La colegiata - Djamballa - Supercalifragilisticexpialidolius - Love is song - Mickey mouse march - Isn't she lovely - Baby i hold you - Happy xmax - Killing me softly - Diana - You are my desteny - Funiculi funiculà - Santa Lucia - Mas que nadà - Granada - Cachito - Brazil - Hey jude - Like a virgin - In the summertime - Gloria _ Stairway to heaven - Hot stuff

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS / ROSSINI GIOACCHINO. / Répertoire / Flûte à Bec Soprano