A Smuggler's Song

This is a setting for Baritone and Orchestra of the 1906 poem by Rudyard Kipling contained in his book, Puck of Pook's Hill. It has six verses with a refrain after the first and the last, and I've used four different, but similar tunes to reflect the mood of the verses.    PLAY      VIEW SCORE and lyrics

Cloths of Heaven

This is one of W.B.Yeats' most popular poems with the famous final line: 'Tread softly because you tread on my dreams'. It was written in 1899. I have set it for Baritone and String Quartet.    PLAY      VIEW SCORE and lyrics

Gargoyles

I wrote this poem in 1998, and the setting is for Soprano, or Tenor, with Piano accompaniment.   
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Heaven Haven

Gerard Manley Hopkins' 1918 poem 'Heaven Haven - A Nun Takes the Veil' uses the imagery of springs and a safe harbour derived from George Herbert's poem 'The Temple' of 1633. I have set a verse from 'The Temple' for Baritone, followed by the Hopkins poem for Soprano, and the two voices combine in the middle and at the end. It has piano accompaniment.
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Henry King

This is one of the Cautionary Tales by Hilaire Belloc, written in 1907, about the fate of the boy who chewed little bits of string. I have set it in melodramatic fashion for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone and Piano.    PLAY      VIEW SCORE and lyrics

Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 29

'When in distress with Fortune and men's eyes . .' I have set this sonnet for Baritone and String Quartet.
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