Price: £4.00
Item code: MM85| Three a.m. Five Miniatures for Baritone and Piano |
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| Date of composition | June/July 1951 |
| Opus number | 9 |
| Type of work | Concert music |
| Duration | 7½ mins |
| Musical forces | Baritone and Piano |
| Words | David Munro |
| First performance | 18th October 1951 |
| First performance information | John Frost (bass-baritone) and Carey Blyton (piano) at Beckenham Grammar School |
| Publisher | Modus Music |
| Archive location | Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library) |
| Archive contents | MS / BLYTON 107 • MS / BLYTON 112 |
| Notes | Songs are: 1. The Dawn Gapes In; 2. As the Last Guest Leaves; 3. The City Sleeps; 4. By Moonlight; 5. Three a.m.; first two performances given by John Frost (bass-baritone) and Carey Blyton (piano) at Beckenham Grammar School, 18th October 1951, and at the first Beckenham Salon public concert, Old Council Offices, Beckenham, 2nd April 1952 |
| Listen… COMMERCIAL RECORDING Stephen Roberts, Baritone • Jennifer Partridge, Piano |
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| I: The dawn gapes in |
| II: As the last guest leaves |
| III: The city sleeps |
| IV: By moonlight |
| V: Three a.m. |
| From the CD Carey Blyton: The Early Songs |
| Listen… HISTORIC RECORDING John (Jack) Frost, Baritone • Carey Blyton, Piano |
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| I: The dawn gapes in |
| II: As the last guest leaves |
| III: The city sleeps |
| IV: By moonlight |
| V: Three a.m. |
| We apologise for the extremely poor sound quality; the original recording was made on 78 RPM shellac disc and later transferred onto low-quality audio cassette, with the result that it suffered from both the hisses and pops of vinyl and the muffled sound of tape. Attempts were made to clean up the audio during computer transfer, but the scope for improvement was strictly limited. |
Reviews
They were all written when he was only nineteen, and are remarkable productions for such early work.
—Michael Pilkington, Singing
His settings showed exceptional sensitivity to words and music…
—Beckenham Journal, 11th April 1952