Recital of 12 songs and 1 guitar solo
composed and performed by David W Solomons
at St Michael's Cornhill, London,
recorded on camcorder by Derek Mathews in 1984
The songs (some of which are also available separately) are:
1) April (translation by S N Solomons after Remi Belleau)
2) To Cassandra (translation by S N Solomons after Pierre de Ronsard)
3) An Exmas Carol (poem by me, with guitar part reflecting the tune to O Little town of Bethlehem)
4) Baïlèro (my arrangement of the Canteloube version)
5) Ludhe sing tishoo (The hayfever song) (poem by me)
6) As shines the Rosebud (translation by S N Solomons after Pierre de Ronsard)
7) L'inconscient (poem by Paul Maertens, with my translation shown in brackets)
8) Wrong side of the door (my translation of a poem by Paul Maertens)
9) The legend of the knight in the woods (poem by me)
10) The Willow Song (arranged by me)
11) Early Evening in Camden Town (poem by Sandra Erös)
12) Rossignol du bois sauvage (traditional French folksong arranged by me)
13) Soliloquy (guitar solo)
Obviously youtube will have compressed this file for online viewing,
but the full quality video (about 800 MB)
can be downloaded from:
http://www.dwsolo.com/1984recital.wmv
(Technical notes:
I have attempted to improve the sound in various ways,
including noise removal using Audacity
(which worked but resulted in a strange guitar sound)
but this version, using soundforge seems
the best compromise, there is still a little rumble and whine
but I hope this can be forgiven.
The visual part of the camcorder original
has been improved using Videomizer).
Additional images between songs include:
The entrance and rose window of St Michael's Cornhill
Rose and rose bud by Janoid (Creative Commons)
Nightingale by insecta65 (Creative Commons)
Camden Town by David Castor (Public domain)
and various other public domain photos
The costume was designed for use in Elizabethan Singers concerts
(I was a member during that period, and it seemed appropriate to don it since the words of many of the songs are of Renaissance origin).
For information on my music and how to obtain scores, please visit my site:
http://www.dwsolo.com
Th WIllow Song can be obtained at
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-69963_the_willow_song__arranged_for_guita...
Bailero along with L'aio de rotso and Ound Onoren, are available as scores (in English and in the original Auvergnois) from
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-84835_3_songs_of_the_auvergne_arranged_fo...
- also available: arrangements for flute and guitar and clarinet and guitar, from
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-84836_3_songs_of_the_auvergne_arranged_fo...
The Exmas Carol can be obtained at
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-84938_an_exmas_carol_sung_version_and_ins...
Rossignol du bois sauvage flute alto guitar or recorder alto and guitar
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-84993_rossignol_du_bois_sauvage_for_alto_...
Rossignol du bois sauvage alto and guitar
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-84994_rossignol_du_bois_sauvage_for_alto_...
Ludhe sing tishu - score available at
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-85021_ludhe_sing_tishoo_-_a_hayfever_song...
April: score available at
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-85085_april__for_alto_and_guitar.html
Camden Town - score available at
http://www.archive.org/details/EarlyEveningInCamdenTown
To Cassandra:
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-85303_to_cassandra_after_ronsard__alto_an...
Je Veux (French original for Wrong side of the door)!
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-85492_je_veux__alto_and_guitar.html
Wrong side of the door
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-85493_wrong_side_of_the_door__alto_and_gu...
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