Vocal

From a railway carriage
C2511
Category
Vocal | Vocal & piano
Composer:
John Blood
Instrumentation:
Tenor and Piano
Level:
Advanced
Duration:
10 minutes

Commissioned by the British Music Society. 1st performed 23rd Feb. 1980 by Edwin Rolles (tenor) and John Blood (piano) at Goldsmiths’ College, London. A delightful sequence of songs vividly evoking the joys and sorrows of railway travel. C2512 is an arrangement of the same work for tenor, piano and wind quintet.

 The Locomotive (Alexander Anderson)
 Faintheart in a railway train (Thomas Hardy)
 Journey by train (W. E. Henley)
 Adlestrop (Edward Thomas)
 From a railway carriage (R. L. Stevenson)

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From a railway carriage
C2512
Category
Mixed Ensemble | Vocal | Mixed woodwind ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon + piano) | Vocal & mixed ensemble
Composer:
John Blood
Instrumentation:
Tenor, Piano and Wind Quintet
Level:
Advanced
Duration:
10 minutes

Tenor, Piano and Wind Quintet | Duration: 10 minutes
This lively arrangement of C2511 by the composer was commissioned by the Viente Ensemble, who gave its first performance at the St Neots Spring Music Festival on 17th May 1980 with Edwin Rolles (tenor) and John Blood (piano).

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Lullaby
C2510
Category
Vocal | Choir & organ
Composer:
John Blood
Instrumentation:
S, A, T/B (unison) Organ
Level:
Straightforward
Duration:
2½ minutes

Words adapted from a poem by George Wither (1588-1667). This secular carol in 3 parts, written in 1986, has a gentle, haunting simplicity

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Snow Carol
C2529
Category
Vocal | Choir & organ
Composer:
John Blood
Instrumentation:
S A Organ
Level:
Straightforward
Duration:
2½ minutes

Composed in December 2004. An evocative setting of traditional Yorkshire words, in which falling snow symbolises peace and renewal

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