SEA SONNETS

Author: Edward Elgar, Roger Quilter

Wiktoria Wizner (mezo-soprano) in recital

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Part I

Edward ELGAR (1857–1934)

Sea Pictures, Op. 37, a song cycle for contralto and orchestra (version for voice and piano, 1894–1899):

1. “Sea Slumber Song”, lyrics by Roden Noel
2. “In Haven (Capri)”, lyrics by Caroline Alice Elgar
3. “Sabbath Morning at Sea”, lyrics by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
4. “Where Corals Lie”, lyrics by Richard Garnett
5. “The Swimmer”, lyrics by Adam Lindsay Gordon

Part II

Roger QUILTER (1877–1953)

Four Songs of the Sea for voice and piano, Op. 1 (1901):

1. “I have a friend”, lyrics by Roger Quilter
2. “The Sea Bird”, lyrics by Roger Quilter
3. “Moonlight”, lyrics by Roger Quilter
4. “By the sea”, lyrics by Roger Quilter

“Song of the Stream”, lyrics by Alfred Williams, from the song cycle Six Songs for voice and piano, Op. 25 (1921–1927)

“Three Poor Mariners”, anonymous lyrics, from the Arnold Book of Old Songs for voice and piano (1921–1942)

“Blow, blow thou winter wind”, lyrics by William Shakespeare, from Three Shakespeare Songs for voice and piano, Op. 6 (1905)

“Where go the boats?”, lyrics by Robert Louis Stevenson from Four Child Songs for voice and piano, Op. 5 (1914)

“Hey, ho, the wind and the rain”, lyrics by William Shakespeare from Five Shakespeare Songs for voice and piano, Op. 23 (1921)

“Island of Dreams” (1946) from the operetta Love and the Countess