The Cloths of Heaven (C - E)

SKU: ST.CN1P

ISBN 9790220224584.

The sense of rare and beautiful magic encountered in the early verse of Yeats is perfectly captured in this setting of 'He wishes for the cloths of heaven' which, like the no less evocative texts selected by Warlock for The Curlew, is among the outstanding items from the early collection The Wind Among the Reeds. To the rich symbolism of the poet's work, smoothly euphonious and finely balanced choral harmonies add their own 'golden and silver light', making in words and music a sonorous image of the profound vision, part romance, part mystery, at the heart of this unique poem.

SKU: SU.50600764

Voice & Piano Published by: Seesaw Music Includes: Schlecter Trost (Goethe), Dies Ist Ein Lied (George) [earlier version], Dies Ist Ein Lied (George) [later version], Hochländisch (Goethe), Zigeunerlied (Goethe), Had I the Heavens’ Embroidered Cloths (W.B. Yeats), The Cloths of Heaven (W.B. Yeats) Songs on Poems by R. Pannwitz Vier Gesänge aus Philolethes, Aus Das Kind Aion, Aus Philolethes, Aus Urblick: Jenseits, Aus Urblick: Erde, Aus Urblick: Stern, Aus Urblick: Spruch, Aus Urblick: Gebirge, Aus Urblick: Der Ungenannte, Wenn sich des Jahr.

SKU: UM.12048

ISBN 9790224412048.

SKU: EC.9278

UPC: 600313311185. English.

Songs of Love and Solace traces a young man's journey of love and heartbreak. The cycle of four texts by Irish poet William Butler Yeats begins with Brown Penny. This short poem depicts a young man infatuated with the idea of falling in love, and then becoming awestruck as he contemplates the depths of love’s power. In the second poem, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, the poet, speaking to his beloved, realizes he has nothing of value to offer but his dreams. Tread softly, he implores, because you tread on my dreams.” In When You Are Old, we find our poet heartbroken. In his grief he peers into the future and foresees his beloved, in old age, remembering the depth and purity of their forsaken love: “But one man love the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.” In the final song, The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” the poet, saddened but wiser, wistfully resolves to escape the struggles and heartbreaks of his modern existence, and seek solace in the beauty and calm of nature. Songs may be performed separately.

SKU: OU.9780193394834

ISBN 9780193394834. 12 x 8 inches.

For SATB unaccompanied A short Mass setting for unaccompanied chorus, written for the Exon Singers recording, The Cloths of Heaven, on Delphian Records.