COUNTING THE BEATS
Four songs to poems by Robert Graves. This work is also available for baritone and piano.
- 1984
- 9 minutes
- Click here for the lyrics
LISTEN
The CD – Through the Void – is available from Quartz and can be purchased through their website using this link:
Counting the Beats for Mezzo Soprano: see the score and listen to Hollie-Anne Bangham (mezzo soprano) and Emilie Capulet (piano).
Counting the Beats for baritone and piano: see excerpts of the score digitally generated.
PERFORMANCES
- 11 May 1984 Royston Arts Festival, Royston Church (Herts. UK), Amanda Simpson (mezzo), Richard Lambert (piano)
- 16 July 1984 Ward Freman School, Buntingford (Herts, UK), ‘Summer Miscellany’, Amanda Simpson (mezzo), Richard Lambert (piano)
- 23 May 1996 St Christopher School Letchworth, (Herts, UK), Alex Haywood (mezzo), Richard Lambert (piano)
- 12 March 1998 St Helen’s School Northwood (Middx UK), Caroline Trutz (mezzo), Richard Lambert (piano)
RELATED WORKS
- Moments (for baritone or mezzo)
- Five Shakespeare Songs (for baritone)