The Green Farmhouse

Sunday, 4 October 1987

Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
Julius Drake (piano)

British and American Songs

Purcell (1659-1695): Songs (arr. Britten)
Sweeter than Roses
Alleluia
Evening Hymn

Benjamin Britten: 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)

Aaron Copland (b 1900): Old American Songs
At the River
Ching-a-Ring

Samuel Barber (b. 1910): 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)

Charles Ives (1874-1956): Songs
Ich Grolle Nicht (Heinrich Heine)
The Greatest Man (Anne Collins)

Arr. HT Burlegh (1866-1949): Negro Spirituals
Deep River
Ev’ry Time I Feel de Spirit