7'

Choir SATB

26'

Vocal consort SATB

17'

Choir SATB
[at least 16 singers]
String ensemble
[at least 4 vln, 2 vla, 2 cello, 1 cb]

20'

TTB

12'

Choir SATB, Piano

4'

Choir SS, Piano

8'

Choir SSA, SATB
Organ
[optional 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp]

4'

Choir SATB, Organ

7'

SA or TB, Organ

12'

Choir SATB, Organ

10'

Choir SATB, Organ

2'

S, MS & piano

6'

Voice & piano

4'

Voice & piano

4'

Choir SS, Piano

8'

Choir SSA, SATB
Organ
[brass: 2 tpt, 2 tbn]

The Swan
 

1993

A setting of an Old English riddle

for Voice and Piano

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transliteration by the composer

Hregl min swigath

My garments fall silent

thònne ic hrusan trède

when I tread the earth

òthe tha wic buye

inhabit my dwelling

òthe wadò dréfe

or stir the water.

hwilum mec ahebbath

Sometimes I'm raised high

òver haletha büxt

over the homes of men

hürste mine

by my ornaments

and thées hée lüft

and the lofty air

and mec thònne

and then far and wide

wide wòlcna strengu

by the power of the clouds

òver folc büreth;

above the people I'm borne -

fratwe mine

my instruments

swogath hlude

resound loudly

and swinsiath

and melodiously,

tòrxte singath

splendidly sing,

thònne ic yetenge ne béem

when I'm not resting on

flode and fòldan

water or earth,

férende gast.

a souring spirit.

Key to the transliteration

a short [as English sat ] or long [as English father]

e neutral [as English about]

é closed [as German See]

è open [as English egg]

i short [as English sit] or long [as Englishweed]

o closed [as German Sohn]

ò open [as English hot]

u [as English full]

ü [German ü]

c soft [as Englishchurch, or Italian c(i)]

j [as English judge]

g hard [as Italian gh]

x [German ch]

sh [English sh]

th [English th] unvoiced, or voiced between vowels

s unvoiced, or voiced between vowels

y [English y]