Five Holy Songs

Instrumentation

counter-tenor, mezzo-soprano or baritone with 3 violins, 2 violas, 2 'cellos and double bass.

Other Information

A setting of 5 poems by John Donne

First performed on 5th May 1976 by Andrew Downes (counter - tenor) accompanied by Caroline Mounsey, Stephen Muth, Kevin Vaughan (violins), Penny Midmer, Susan Ward (violas), David Thorne, Catherine Clarke (cellos) and Roderick Dunk (double bass) at
Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge, and subsequently at Birmingham School of Music and Ripple Church, Upton-on-Severn.