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Grove Scene by John Crome. Photo (c) Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service (Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery) The Salley Gardens (Irish Tune) (Folksong Arrangements, Volume 1 no.1 (British Isles)) – folksong arrangement for high or medium voice and piano (pre 11 December 1940, Britten aged 27) Dedication Clytie Mundy (Peter Pears’ teacher in New York) Text W. Yeats Language English Duration 3′ Audio clip (with thanks to Hyperion) The Salley Gardens (Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Background and Critical Reception The Salley Gardens is the first in a long list of many folksong arrangements made by Britten, right up until the year of his death. They were begun in New York when the composer was undergoing a bout of homesickness, but This is one of the best-loved of all Britten’s arrangements, and as a result the composer arranged it for a number of forces – singer and orchestra and unison chorus with piano being two of the most popular.
Thoughts The Salley Gardens is simple and moving, a truly yearning song that makes the most of its beautiful melody. There is a deep sense of longing in the harmonies Britten chooses to go with the tune here, and he achieves this as early as possible in the piano introduction, despite the words remaining largely positive until the revelation at the end that ‘now I am full of tears’. It is easy to see why this was a first choice for Britten – Pears’ voice fits it perfectly, especially with the key set as G flat major.
This is a key which, as John Bridcut points out, gives more of a ‘black key’ feel to the piece and is much less open. Recordings used Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) (Decca) Philip Langridge (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano) (Naxos) Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano) (Hyperion) Elizabethan Singers / Louis Halsey (Eloquence) The Pears-Britten version of this is mandatory, sung and accompanied as if in a timeless trance. As for the more modern versions, Philip Langridge sings this beautifully, with a floating tenor line that gets the ultimate complement from Graham Johnson’s piano. Both performers slow slightly for the ‘young and foolish’ line, stressing Britten’s minor-key diversion that gives the song its melancholic edge. Jamie MacDougall and Malcolm Martineau are very good too. Spotify Langridge and Johnson are. The choral version with Louis Halsey and the Elizabethan Singers is Also written in 1940: Walton – The Wise Virgins Next up: Little Sir William.
High or medium voice, Piano From Volume 1 of Britten's folk song arrangements and dedicated to Pears's singing teacher in the 1940s, Clytie Mundy. It was composed sometime before 11 December 1940, which is believed to be the date of the song's first performance by Britten and Pears (part of a concert at the Cosmopolitan Club in New York). It has been published in 5 versions: high voice and piano, medium voice and piano, unison voices and piano, high voice and string orchestra, and high voice and orchestra. The Salley Gardens. Brittens Song Catalogue You can browse Britten’s Song Catalogue in three different ways. If you know a key word or title from any song cycle, movement or individual song then use the Search too. If you are looking for a range of songs that fit your specific requirements then use the Refine tool where you can select from a number of options.
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