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- Richard Rodney Bennett
Songs before Sleep (2002)
- Novello & Co Ltd (World)
Commissioned jointly by BBC Radio 3 and the Royal Philharmonic Society as part of the New Generation artists scheme.
1. The Mouse and the Bumblebee
2. Wee Willie Winkie
3. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
4. Baby, baby, naughty boy
5. As I walked by Myself
6. There was an old lady
(orchestral version also available)
- voice/piano
- 17 min
- trad., William Miller, Jane Taylor
- English
Programme Note
The texts for the work were taken from the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. I am very grateful to my sister, Meg Peacocke, for the idea, for the title and for clarifying many of the texts.
Scores
Mezzo-soprano version
bass-baritone version