The English Song Series Volume 9 - Benjamin Britten 2

Benjamin Britten: Canticle I, Op. 40, "My beloved is mine"

Canticle I, Op. 40: My Beloved is mine
Benjamin Britten: Canticle II, Op. 51, "Abraham and Isaac"

Canticle II, Op. 51: Abraham and Isaac
Benjamin Britten: Canticle III, Op. 55, "Still Falls the Rain - the Raids, 1940, Night and Dawn"

Prologue - Fanfare: Where are the seeds of the Universal Fire

Reading: The earth of my heart was broken and gaped low - Fanfare

Reading: In the hour when the sapphire of the bone

Song: We are the darkness in the heat of the day

Reading: In such a heat of the earth

Canticle III, Op. 55: Still Falls the Rain

Reading: I see Christ's wounds weep in the Rose on the wall

Epilogue - Fanfare: So, out of the dark
Benjamin Britten: Canticle IV, Op. 86, "The Journey of the Magi"

Canticle IV, Op. 86: Journey of the Magi
Benjamin Britten: Canticle V, Op. 89, "The Death of Saint Narcissus"

Canticle V, Op. 89: The Death of Saint Narcissus