Daniel Kessner
Two Old English Songs
Duration: 16'
Instrumentation details:
flute
guitar
viola
Two Old English Songs
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Daniel Kessner
Two Old English Songs
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Orchestration: for Soprano Voice, Flute, Viola, and Guitar
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Work introduction
Two Old English Songs is a setting of two poems: a 16th or 17 century anonymous statement previewing the speaker's imminent death, and light tale by John Skelton, probably from around 1500, about a young lady who loves, robs, and leaves an unsuspecting young man.
The chamber trio gives much of the flavor of ancient music, but clearly in a contemporary context.