Rest
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Additional Information
Rest, was commissioned in 2013 by PRS for Music Foundation for Lady Maisery. It is scored for three singers: first and second soprano and alto. Lyrics are by Toby Litt.
The score is available at http://bit.ly/2jCsFfW
The song cycle is made up of 16 pieces:
1. Bringing out, bringing in (Processional)
2. O we feel made of bone
3. And yet we seek to speak
4. Crying, crying
5. There there
6. No consolation – ‘There is no consolation there’
7. Low, low, low the heart – ‘Row, row, row your boat’
8. Passing by – ‘I see you in the corner of my eye’
9. O what would we now say
10. I remember
11. No bird-light soul
12. Open Eye
13. What we leave
14. So far
15. The things we love
16. At the edge of the field