2: To My Dear and Loving Husband

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This is the second setting of four poems for high soprano and piano. This poem is: To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet. The songs were composed for Paula Downes (soprano) and David Trippett (piano), who gave the first performance at University Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA on Thursday February 1st 2007.  The UK premiere was given by Jenny Saunders (soprano) and Julian Hellaby (piano) at the Ellen Terry Building, Coventry University, on February 28th 2009.