The wind among the reeds, op. 30 for tenor voice with orchestra

Composed 1909-10 and first sung by Mr Gervase Elwes at a concert of the Philharmonic Society in Queen's Hall, London, on November 21st, 1912.   Song cycle set to words by W.B. Yeats.

Three songs performed in Edinburgh on 5 May 1917. (words printed in programme by permission of owners of copyright)
 1. "Aodh to Dectora"
 2. "The host of the air"
 3. "The cloths of heaven"

 

Concerts by Work

Title Date Venue Professor
Annual Reid Concert 1917 Saturday, May 5, 1917 The Music Hall Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940