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Home / Compositions / Three Shakespeare Songs

Three Shakespeare Songs (2006-09)

9 mins
for soprano and piano

1. Orpheus with his Lute (Henry VIII)
2. Chimney-sweepers (Cymbeline)
3. Winter Song (Love's Labours Lost) 

Text: William Shakespeare

Nos 1 and 3 commissioned by the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. No 2 commissioned by the Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival (Arts in the Valley) with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.

First performance by Margaret Schindler and Kevin Power Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Ballroom, Jupiter's Casino, Townsville, Queensland, 7 August 2009.

Buy Score (AMC) Purchase on CD

‘Winter Song’ is separately available on Spotify (see above) and on iTunes.

Instrumentations: Vocal, Voice and instrument

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