A Christmas Triptych [Song Cycle]

Instrumentation

Soprano and piano

Recording, click here

Other Information

The three poems set here are by Edward Storey who lived next door to the chapel of St Michael in the hamlet of Discoed, near Presteign, Wales. The three poems tell of Edward and his wife Angela visiting the chapel alone on Christmas Eve, and re-imagines Christmas Day and Epiphany. The three songs/poems are;

1. Christmas Eve 2. Birth-Morning 3. Epiphany

It was performed in Bristol by Zarah Hible and Geoffrey Poole and recorded to the 'Spirit Songs' CD by Louise Wayman and Sarah Gard.