Musical presentation statement | Vocal score. |
Contents |
For a garden -- Work song for a new garden -- The ferns are so serious -- Cataloguing/fortifying -- The waterlily pond -- In the words of Mary Somerset -- Foxglove -- Mandrake -- On waiting to inhale the rare and intoxicating scent of the Queen of the Night cactus which blooms for just a single evening once a year -- Xylarium -- Field madder -- The storm and the yew -- For a garden (Epilogue). |
General note | Includes prefatory comments in English. |
General note | Duration: approximately 24 min. |
General note | Co-commissioned by Oxford Lieder and the Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum, in celebration of the 20th Oxford Lieder Festival and the 400th anniversary of the Oxford Botanic Garden. |
General note | Premiered by Marcus Farnsworth, baritone, and Libby Burgess, piano, at Saint John the Evangelist, Oxford, October 20, 2021. |
Language | English words by Kate Wakeling, also printed separately. |
Standard identifier# |
5020679004463 |
Publisher number | CH88210 Chester Music Limited |