Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998) • Summer Serenade CD

Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998) • Summer Serenade CD

A Summer Serenade for Tenor, Chorus, Piano & Orchestra
1 I - Prologue - Worship Ye That Lovers Be This May
2 II - Madrigal - Love Is A Sickness Full Of Woe
3 III - Scherzo - Love Is A Pretty Frenzy
4 IV - Dirge - O Rose, Thou Art Sick
5 V - Aubade - Pack, Clouds, Away
6 VI - Nocturne - Music, When Soft Voices Die
7 VII - Finale - Pleasure It Is, I Wis, To Hear The Birdes Sing
Four Songs from The Hesperides, for Baritone Voice & Orchestra by Robert Herrick
8 I - The Impatient Lover
9 II - Upon The Loss Of His Mistresses
10 III - To Electra
11 IV - Upon Julia's Clothes
A Menagerie for Chorus
12 I - Tiger
13 II - Cuckoo
14 III - Monkey-house
Farewell, Earth's Bliss, for Baritone Voice & Orchestra
15 I - Sweet Day, So Cool
16 II - O, The Month Of May
17 III - Do Not Fear To Put Thy Feet
18 IV - Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun
19 V - When May Is In His Prime
20 VI - Fair Pledges Of A Fruitful Tree


Tenor: Adrian Thompson • Bass-Baritone: Stephen Varcoe • Westminster Singers • Conductor: Richard Hickox • City of London Sinfonia • Piano: Eric Parkin