My Song (This song of mine) 2023
3-4 mins.
Two versions: for SATB choir and piano (or strings) and SATB unaccompanied. (The choral parts are slightly different.)
My Song is a colourful setting of the beautifully spiritual poem by the Bengali poet, philosopher and thinker Rabindranath Tagore. Beginning ‘This song of mine will wind its music around you, my child, like the fond arms of love’ it sings of the all-encompassing power of music through birth, life, love, and death, and is matched by undulating melodies, gentle harmonies, and freely expressive rhythm.
My Song is a movement from Alan Bullard’s cantata Endless Song, for SATB choir and strings (quartet, quintet, or orchestra), or piano (Colne Edition CE76), first performed by the Waltham Singers, director Andrew Fardell, who commissioned it. The unaccompanied version was first performed by Felicitas chamber choir, director Simon Winters.
Scrolling Score of SATB and piano (or strings) version (CE127) – live performance
Scrolling Score of SATB and piano version (CE127)- digital performance
Scrolling Score of SATB unaccompanied version (CE129) – live performance by Felicitas chamber choir
Scrolling Score of SATB unaccompanied version (CE129) digital performance only
To buy:
Accompanied version (CE127):
Digital downloads (instant pdfs) worldwide from Sheet Music Direct , Sheet Music Plus and JW Pepper (prices vary)
Printed copies (please allow time for printing and delivery) from JW Pepper in USA (for price see website) or by contacting Colne Edition in UK (£2.50 post free in UK but postage extra elsewhere, 5 copies minimum)
Unaccompanied version (CE129):
Digital downloads (instant pdfs) worldwide from Sheet Music Direct , Sheet Music Plus, and JW Pepper (prices vary)
Printed copies (please allow time for printing and delivery) from JW Pepper in USA (for price see website) or by contacting Colne Edition in UK (£2.50 post free in UK but postage extra elsewhere, 5 copies minimum)