Samuel Barber - Hermit Songs | Sydney Chamber Opera

Emily Edmonds, mezzo soprano
Jack Symonds, piano
Text: anonymous, adapted by W.H. Auden
This much-loved song cycle from 1953 is one of the high points of American vocal writing and a testament to Barber's belief in the continuation of the song tradition of the 19th century into the 20th. With surprising rhythmic freedom, Barber finds a cosmic pleasure in the simple acts of praise, worship and solitude from which we could all learn. These anonymous texts from mediaeval monasteries are captured by Barber with alternately devotional wonder and sparkling joy.
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