Quilter: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Neil Balfour)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- 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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I am currently learning this song, and your interpretation (I only just now discovered it) is such an inspiration. Thank you.
Thank you Jah man 😊 I look forward to hearing your version too
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!
Agreed 🙏🏽
Wow can't wait to hear you in twenty years
Thanks again John!
“So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip
Into my bosom and be lost in me.”
Beautiful
Thanks Liam 🙏🏼