Sir Michael Tippett - Songs
Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano), Craig Ogden (guitar)
The two longest works – the cantata Boyhood'sEnd and song cycle The Heart's Assurance – challenge the musicianship and sensitivity of both singer and pianist alike. Boyhood's End (1943), a setting... — More…
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Tippett: Music
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
Purcell: If music be the food of love Z379A
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
Tippett: Songs for Ariel
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
I. Come unto these yellow sands
II. Full fathom five
III. Where the bee sucks
Excerpt,
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
Act 5. An Epithalamium (Wedding Song)
Purcell: The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Craig Ogden (guitar)
Tippett: Songs for Achilles
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Craig Ogden (guitar)
I. In the tent
II. Across the plain
III. By the sea
Purcell: From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
Tippett: Boyhood's End
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
Excerpt,
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
Act II. Sweeter than roses
Tippett: The Heart's Assurance
- Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
I. Song
II. The heart's assurance
III. Compassion
IV. The Dancer
V. Remember your lovers