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Benjamin Britten

8 Sacred and Profane Medieval Lyrics, for SSATB chorus, op. 91

Op. 91 Composed 1973 Vocal

Sacred and Profane, Op. 91, is a collection of 'Eight Medieval Lyrics' for unaccompanied voices in five parts (SSATB) composed by Benjamin Britten in 1975.

The work was first performed by the Wilbye Consort of Voices, for whom the work was composed, on 14 September 1975 at The Maltings, Snape in Suffolk, England (Elaine Barry & Rosemary Hardy, sopranos, Margaret Cable, contralto, Nigel Rogers, tenor, Geoffrey Shaw, bass), directed by Peter Pears.

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Movements

  1. St. Godric's Hymn
  2. I mon waxe wod
  3. Lenten is come
  4. The long night
  5. Yif ic of luve can
  6. Carol
  7. Ye that pasen by
  8. A death

Elsewhere

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