Joanna Songi - The Garland – Art Song by Elizabeth Maconchy (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

“When Maconchy’s scores arrived from the archive of St Hilda’s College, Oxford, there was an unmistakable presence on the page. Handwritten, exquisitely crafted, and spanning quite the gamut of styles – I was captivated by these scores as soon as I set eyes upon them. For too long they had remained silent in the archive, despite richly deserving to be known and heard. Through recording Elizabeth Maconchy’s song, my ambition is to showcase the remarkable breadth
of her musical language, and to bring a selection of these exceptional works to new audiences…

In sharing these works with live audiences, I have frequently been met with incredulity that these pieces are not more regularly performed. Maconchy’s songs, which contain such remarkable intellectual passion and impassioned argument, are long overdue in reaching a wider audience. It is my immense joy and privilege to share them here with you.”

TRACKLIST

1. Joanna Songi - I. The Garland
2. Joanna Songi - II. Old and Young
3. Joanna Songi - III. I Would I Were a Mirror
4. Joanna Songi - IV. No End to Love
5. Joanna Songi - Have You Seen But a Bright Lily Grow
6. Joanna Songi - The Cloths of Heaven
7. Joanna Songi - There is a Lady Sweet and Kind
8. Joanna Songi - Sho-heen Sho (Irish Lullaby)
9. Joanna Songi - All the Flowers
10. Joanna Songi - The Winkle Woman
11. Joanna Songi - In Fountain Court
12. Joanna Songi - Harp Song of the Dane Women



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