E.J. Moeran: Collected Choral Music: Unison Voices: Vocal Album

Volume 1-Moeran was the last major representative of the group of English composers who in the first two decades of the 20th century sought musical inspiration in the melodic beauty of traditional folksong. All of Moeran's single choral pieces most of which have been long out of print or difficult to obtain have been collected together and printed in these five fabulous volumes. Volume One is a collection of choral pieces for Mixed Voices.

When Icicles Hang By The Wall is a poem by Shakespeare taken from Love's Labour's Lost Act V. It was set to music by Moeran and published in 1940 in a collection entitled four Shakespeare Songs (R76). It is scored for Female Voices (SA) with Piano accompaniment.Ernest J Moeran (1894-1950) was an English composer who followed the tradition of R. Vaughan Williams and John Ireland by collecting preserving and using many folk songs mainly from Norfolk Suffolk and Ireland.

Candlemas Eve (R. 96) was written in 1949. It is a madrigal for Male Voice Choir (TTBB) with a Piano reduction provided for rehearsal purposes. The text comes from a poem by the English poet Robert Herrick (1591-1674) which extols the joy of how the fresh Spring foliage comes forth to replace the winter evergreens. Ernest J Moeran (1894-1950) was an English composer who followed the tradition of R. Vaughan Williams and John Ireland by collecting preserving and using many folk songs mainly from Norfolk Suffolk and Ireland.