Quilter: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Neil Balfour)

Neil Balfour performing Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal by Roger Quilter.
The audio & video in this performance was a continuous LIVE recording for artsongstory.
Music & Performance: Neil Balfour (www.neilbalfour.com)
Audio & Video: Ben Rawles
Accompaniment: Chris Pulleyn
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal is a sonnet poem written by Alfred Tennyson published in 1847 in 'The Princess: A Medley.' The composer Roger Quilter set it to music in 1897.
The poem depicts a peaceful and beautiful picture of twilight.
LYRICS
Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;
Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;
Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font:
The fire-fly wakens: waken thou with me.
Now folds the lily all her sweetness up,
And slips into the bosom of the lake:
So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip
Into my bosom and be lost in me.
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[@jahman514]

I am currently learning this song, and your interpretation (I only just now discovered it) is such an inspiration. Thank you.

[@artsongstory]

Thank you Jah man 😊 I look forward to hearing your version too

[@charpnatl]

Neil, I believe every time we raise your voices, play our instruments, reveal some insight into music making we are a legacy of all our teachers past and present. Keep up the excellent work!

[@artsongstory]

Agreed 🙏🏽

[@johnrondeau220]

Wow can't wait to hear you in twenty years

[@artsongstory]

Thanks again John!

[@radixreuel7631]

“So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip
Into my bosom and be lost in me.”

[@liamtheplonker6097]

Beautiful

[@artsongstory]

Thanks Liam 🙏🏼