Five spring songs of Francis Ledwidge, 2015

Five Spring Songs of Francis Ledwidge. Vocal solo for mezzo-soprano and B-flat clarinet. Texts by Francis Ledwidge. Music by Bryan Beaumont Hays. Spring I -- Spring II -- Desire in spring -- May morning -- Evening in England. Song cycle with poetry of Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917), an Irish laborer, miner, soldier and war poet from County Meath sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds," who was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele during World War II [sic]. Publisher's no. AP-10503. Recorded by Granite City Records c2000. Carolyn Finley, Mezzo-Soprano, Bruce Thornton, Clarinets on the CD UNCOMMON DAISIES: Vocal Music of Bryan Beaumont Hays. Songs Spring I. The dews drip roses on the meadows. where the meek daisies dot the sward. And Aeolus whispers through the shadows, 'Be-hold the hand-maid of the Lord!" The golden news the skylark waketh. and 'thwart the heavens his flight is curled; attend ye as the first note breaketh. and chrism droppeth on the world. Clarinet in B-flat Mezzo-Soprano Alliance Publications Sinsinawa, Wisconsin 9:30 944253777 Song cycles.