Lyrics from the East Five Miniatures for Tenor and Piano |
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Date of composition | January/February 2000 |
Opus number | 109 |
Type of work | Concert music |
Duration | 4½ mins |
Musical forces | Tenor and Piano |
Words | Various |
First performance | 2000 |
First performance information | First performance recorded on the CD Carey Blyton: Lyrics from the Chinese by the dedicatees, Ian Partridge (tenor) and Jennifer Partridge (piano), shortly after the songs were composed |
Publisher | Fand Music Press |
Publisher’s product page | Lyrics from the East |
Archive location | Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library) |
Archive contents | MS / BLYTON 91 |
Notes | Written for Ian and Jennifer Partridge in thanks for their contribution to the CD, Carey Blyton: The Early Songs; songs are: 1. The Blast of Love (Sappho); 2. Paradise (Omar Khayyam); 3. Evening (Anon.); 4. Night (Anon.); 5. Puty-fish (Anon.) |
…surprisingly effective
—Michael Pilkington, Singing
Lyrics from the East shows a striking variety of mood and tone colour … Blyton was Britten’s editor in the 1960s and it is easy to imagin[e] Peter Pears singing many of the songs presented here.