IAN AKROYD
compositions : arrangements
compositions
LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS
a four-part mixed-voice setting of Christina Rossetti's faux-niave advent verse.
EVERYONE SANG
a four-part setting of Siegried Sassoon's ecstatic verse.
I KNOW A BANK
Shakespeare's lines from A Midsummer Night's Dream set for baritone solo and four-part mixed voice choir.
DIFFERENT DRUMMER
composed for Gay Abandon to commemorate Holocuast Memorial Day the words of Thoreau and Camus are combined in a setting for four-part mixed choir
LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY
composed for Gay Abandon, the words of the poet Leigh Hunt act as a counterpoint to Shelley's poem of love and longing. Set for upper voice and lower voice choirs.
arrangements
INFANT HOLY, INFANT LOWLY
a simple setting of this familiar Polish carol for mixed-voice choir .
BARCAROLE
a choral re-interpretation of the beautiful melody and orchestration of Offenbach's operatic jewel.
ICH BIN VON KOPF BIS FUS
'Falling in Love Again' - an arrangement of the song made famous by Marlene Dietrich. Set for mixed-voice choir and piano.
SCARBOROUGH FAIR
&
ERISKEY LOVE-LILT
these two simple folksongs are set for four-part mixed chorus in arrangements that are true to their folk origins.
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