Upon my bed by night for soloists, choir and guitar

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Upon my bed by night composed by David Warin Solomons and arranged by Guy Protheroe
Score available at:
http://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-85694_upon_my_bed_by_night_for_so...

Back in 1980 I wrote and performed a piece for alto and guitar based on the verses from the Song of Solomon. 
This can be heard on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhqEdo_BTgo )
Several years later Guy Protheroe suggested that it would work well as a choral piece for his Garden of Love concert, so he arranged it accordingly. 
The original recording from that concert can also be heard on Youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBpFAdzvj1A ).
I decided this year, 2017, that it deserved another performance, so I commissioned Budapest Scoring  to record it  (Zoltán Pad conducting the choir, with alto soloist Zsuzsanna Bojta, baritone soloist Dénes Murvai and guitarist András Csáki). 
This is the result.

... and these are the words:

Upon my bed by night, 
I sought him whom my soul loves. 

I sought him but found him not, 
I called him, I called him, 
but he gave no answer. 
I will rise now and go about the city, 
in the streets, in the squares. 
I will seek him 
whom my soul loves 

Behold! You are beautiful 
my love my love 
behold you are beautiful! 

Your eyes are doves behind your veil; 
your hair is like a flock of goats, 
moving down the slopes of Gilead. 

My love my love My love My love! 

Upon my bed by night. 
I sought him.

 
The voice of my belovèd 
behold he comes 
leaping upon the mountains, 
bounding over the hills. 
My belovèd is mine and I am his 

My love! 

My belovèd is like a gazelle 
or a young stag; 
behold! there he stands 
behind our wall 
gazing in at the window. 

My belovèd spake and said to me: 
"Arise my love, my fair one 
and come away 
for lo! the winter is past, 
the rain is over and gone." 

The flowers appear on the earth, 
the time of singing has come 
and the voice of the turtledove 
is heard in our land 
and the voice of the turtledove 
is heard in our land 

 

 

 

Details

Year:
1992
Category:
Accompanied Choral
Publisher:
BMIC / Composer
Recordings:
Minutes:
8
Total Number of Instruments:
1

Instrumentation

Alto
1
Baritone
1
Choir
1
Guitar
1

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Upon my bed by Night