CHORAL & SACRED MUSIC

Donald's religious songs frequently pop up in hymnbooks and anthologies such as THE NEW PRESBYTARIAN HYMNARY or the BBC COME & PRAISE series. A number have been published separately and are listed under SONGS. Sustained, principal works are given below:

FESTIVAL MATINS

Available as 4 booklets, Publisher: J.Curwen & Sons Ltd, London 1959-64.
Also Schirmer (US) and Roberton Publications.
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THE PERELANDRA CHORALE

Choral highlights from PERELANDRA (based on the C.S.Lewis novel).
Baritone & soprano solo, SATB & piano.
Unpublished; contact Leon Berger.

REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING

by C. Day Lewis & Donald Swann for piano, speaker, solo mezzo-soprano or baritone, percussion, cimbalom, and SATB choir.
Publisher: J.Curwen & Sons Ltd, London & Schirmer (US) 1971.
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RECORDING: LP

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SOLILOQUY FOR AUTUMN

A meditation in prose by Donald Swann linking a cycle of five songs for tenor and baritone soloists, narrator and SATB chorus.
Unpublished; contact Leon Berger.

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THE FIVE SCROLLS

or The Five Seasons of God. A Jewish Cantata by Rabbi Albert Friedlander and Donald Swann. For speaker & SATB.
Unpublished; contact Leon Berger.

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THIS IS THE STORY OF BONTZYE SHWEIG

Based on a story by Isaac Loeb Perez. Words by Leslie Paul. Music by Donald Swann.
For Narrator & SATB and piano.
Original Publisher: Galliard Ltd, London 1970. Now distributed by Stainer & Bell.
Order: Stainer & Bell

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EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)

Words by C. Day Lewis. Music by Donald Swann.
Set to music in the 1960s when Donald was preparing to work on CV Day Lewis's 'Requiem for the Living'.
Originally a solo song, rewritten for Mezzo or baritone solo with Chorus Addition.
Out of print; contact Leon Berger.

WORKS & SHOWS: CHORAL & SACRED MUSIC