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settings of contemporary sacred poetry in a classical style - some with piano, harp, flute, cello

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Songs of the Mysterious
Soprano, flute, harp & gong "Speak of what you know Speak of what you know well Speak of what you have touched, tasted and smelt..." - Jay Ramsay - Songs of the Mysterious is a setting of 2 poems by Jay Ramsay published in ‘Transmissions’ (Stride 1989). The songs can be performed with either harp or piano along with flute and optional gong (tam-tam). The songs were premiered by Julie Moffat (soprano), Emily Barter (harp), David Calow (flute) and Tim Neal (gong), at Leicester Cathedral, England. The piano version was premiered by Julie Moffat with Marlene Fleet (piano), and Alison Wright (flute), at the University of Leicester in 1991. They also recorded it for the album "Thread of Gold".  Left: Jenny Saunders (soprano), Clare-Louise Appelby (flute), Julian Hellaby piano and Robert Ramskill (tam-tam) gave a performance of “Songs of the Mysterious” as part of “Romance, Legend & Song” a concert given by the Central Composers’ Alliance on Saturday 28th February, 2009 at Coventry University, England. for more info or for copy of score: email music@rosemaryduxbury.com read more about settings of Jay Ramsay’s poems to music ________________________________________________________________http://www.jennysaunders.com/mailto:music@rosemaryduxbury.comJay_Ramsay_poetry_and_Rosemary_Duxbury_music.htmlshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2

Other songs:

Quest of the Nightingale
Soprano, flute, viola/or cello, piano
a 3 -song ‘song cycle’ using words from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Nightingale
Soprano, flute, piano

Mother Song
Soprano, cello, piano
a setting of poem by Jay Ramsay

Sea of Glass
Soprano, piano
a setting of poem by Diana Durham

Adam's Song
Alto, piano
a setting of poem by Jay Ramsay

Sweet Dove
Tenor, piano
a setting of poem by John Keats

Neptune's Song
Mezzo Soprano,flute, piano, optional small choir 


SCORE/FURTHER INFO
For further information on these or other scores,
or if you are a singer and would like to see a copy of the score of any of the above songs,
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