Song Cycle `Five Flower Songs` for Chorus a capella (1950), op. 47 - Britten, Benjamin

For chorus (SATB) unaccompanied, op. 47
Composition date: April 1950
First performance: 23 Jul 1950, Dartington Hall (Student choir, conductor Imogen Holst)
Duration: 10.0`
Dedication: `To Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst on the occasion of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary - 3rd April 1950`

Movements:
1 To Daffodils (Robert Herrick, 1591-1674)
2 The Succession of the Four Sweet Months (Robert Herrick)
3 Marsh Flowers (George Crabbe, 1754-1832)
4 The Evening Primrose (John Clare, 1793-1864)
5 Ballad of Green Broom (anon.)

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	Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Song Cycle `Five Flower Songs` for Chorus a capella (1950), op. 47 For chorus (SATB) unaccompanied, op. 47 Composition date: April 1950 First performance: 23 Jul 1950, Dartington Hall (Student choir, conductor Imogen Holst) Duration: 10.0` Dedication: `To...Read more For chorus (SATB) unaccompanied, op. 47 Composition date: April 1950 First performance: 23 Jul 1950, Dartington Hall (Student choir, conductor Imogen Holst) Duration: 10.0` Dedication: `To Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst on the occasion of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary - 3rd April 1950` Movements: 1 To Daffodils (Robert Herrick, 1591-1674) 2 The Succession of the Four Sweet Months (Robert Herrick) 3 Marsh Flowers (George Crabbe, 1754-1832) 4 The Evening Primrose (John Clare, 1793-1864) 5 Ballad of Green Broom (anon.) Х Close Show records by: listenings count \| performer's rating \| alphabetical Stephen Layton (conductor) 1. ``To Daffodils`` (``Narcissus``) (4) Paul Spicer (conductor) , The Finzi Singers Recording venue St Augustine’s Church, Kilburn 28–29 April 1997. (3) Boris Tevlin (choirmaster) Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory. Moscow, 2011 (1)

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)