Cradle Song

for tenor and ensemble

Text by William Blake

tenor and ensemble

Edition: Performance material

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Named after William Blake’s poem Cradle Song, the work, at its heart, is a lullaby. The poem, which I’ve not set in its entirety, is part of Blake’s Songs of Innocence. My initial idea was to juxtapose the word innocence to reflect the tempestuous sleep that babies have and that I’ve experienced in the last year of being a father and so the work alternates between active and dulcet, replicating the ups and downs of a night. Daniel Kidane

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Title:

Cradle Song

for tenor and ensemble

Text by William Blake

Language:

English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Publishing year:

2023

Year of composition:

2023

Duration:

7 ′

Voice:

Tenor

World Premiere:

October 18, 2023 · Birmingham (UK)
Elgar Hall, University of Birmingham
Thando Mjandana, tenor · Conductor: Vimbayi Kaziboni · Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group as part of the BCMG's Sound Investment Scheme