Evert Jan Nagtegaal and the Art of Song
‘The Power of Love’
Alice Coote * mezzosoprano – Graham Johnson* piano
1. James Lynam Molloy (1837-1909) – ‘Love’s old sweet song’ text: Clifton Bingham
2. Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) –
a. ‘So we’ll go no more a-roving’ text: Lord Byron
b. ‘The Spring has come’ text: Maude valérie White
c. ‘The Devout Lover ‘ text: Walter Pollock.
3. Roger Quilter (1877-1953) –
a. There be none of Beauty’s daughters Op 24 No 1 text: Lord Byron
b. Now sleeps the crimson petal Op 3 No 2 text: Alfred Tennyson
c. Love’s Philosophy Op. 3 No. 1 text: Percie Shelley
4. Peter Warlock (1894-1930) –
a. Take, O take those lips away text: William Shakespeare
b. The night text: Hilaire Belloc
c. Queen Anne text: anonymous
5. Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) – ‘In youth is pleasure’ – text: Robert Wever
6. Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) –
a. Goodnight to the meadow text: Robert Graves
b. ‘the Boat is chafing’ text: John Davidson
c. ‘Lights out’ text: Edward Thomas
7. Gustav Holst (1874-1934) –
a. ‘Journey’s End’ (No 9 of Twelve Songs) text: Humbert Wolfe
b. ‘Betelgeuse’ (No 12 of Twelve Songs) text: Humbert Wolfe
8. Graham Peel (1877-1937)– ‘The early morning’ text: Hilaire Belloc
9. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) -‘ Silent noon’ – text: Dante Rossetti
10. Liza Lehmann (1862-1918) – ‘Ah, moon of my delight ‘ text: transl. Edward Fitzgerald
