North Westminster Community School, London

Thursday, 1 October 1987

Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
Julius Drake (piano)

British & American songs

Roger Quilter (1877-1953): Three Shakespeare Songs
Come Away, Death
O, Mistress Mine
Blo, Blow, Thou Winter Wind

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): A Charm of Lullabies
A Cradle Song (William Blake)
The Highland Balou (Robert Burns)
Sephestia’s Lullaby (Robert Greene)
A Charm (Thomas Randolph)
The Nurse’s Song (John Philip)

Samuel Barber: Despite and Still
A Last Song (Robert Graves)
My Lizard – Wish for a Young Love (Theodore Roethke)
In the Wilderness (Robert Graves)
Solitary Hotel (James Joyce)
Despite and Still (Robert Graves)

Aaron Copland (b 1900): Three Old American Songs
The Little Horses
At the River
Ching-a-Ring Chaw

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Songs (arr. Britten except for *arr. Gerald Cooper)
Alleluia
Music For a While
I See She Flies Me Everywhere *
Sweeter than Roses
Evening Hymn

Charles Ives (1874-1956): Songs
West London (Matthew Arnold)
When Stars are in the Quiet Skies (Bulwer-Lytton)
Ich Grolle Nicht (Heinrich Heine)
The Greatest Man (Anne Collins)

arr. Benjamin Britten: English Folksongs
There’s None to Soothe
Little Sir William
O Waly, Waly

Arr. HT Burlegh (1866-1949): Negro Spirituals
Oh, What a Beautiful City (arr. Boatner)
Deep River (arr. Burleigh)
Ev’ry Time I Feel de Spirit (arr. Burleigh)