Hans Gál · Works catalogue
Four Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella.
Overview
Movements
Youth and Cupid' (Queen Alizabeth), 'True Love' (Sir Philip Sidney), 'A Cradle Song' (Thomas Dekker), 'Foolish Love'
Two further madrigals were unpublished: 'Carpe Diem' (Lodge), 'Her Rambling' (Lodge)
Two further madrigals were unpublished: 'Carpe Diem' (Lodge), 'Her Rambling' (Lodge)
Other versions
No.1, 2, 3 also for female choir a cappella = Op.51a
Recordings
Programme & recording details
Hsns Gál: Music for Voices, Volume 1
Motet: Op.19
Epigrams: Five Madrigals after poems by Lessing, Op.27
Four Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op.51
Satirikon: Four Aphorisms, Op.72
Four British Folk-Songs
Four Part-Songs
Borealis Choir, Bridget Budge, Stephen Muir
Toccata Classics 2020
TOCC 0509
Motet: Op.19
Epigrams: Five Madrigals after poems by Lessing, Op.27
Four Madrigals to Elizabethan Poems, Op.51
Satirikon: Four Aphorisms, Op.72
Four British Folk-Songs
Four Part-Songs
Borealis Choir, Bridget Budge, Stephen Muir
Toccata Classics 2020
TOCC 0509
Scores & texts
Publication & availability
- Publisher
- Novello (1949-52), now Music Sales
- Availability
- available from the publisher
Where to buy or listen
Performances
First performance
Edinburgh Vocal Quartet/Hans Gál, Edinburgh, Jun. 1942
Other performances
The Fleet Street Choir/Lawrence, London, Jun. 1943
Cloister Singers, Edinburgh, Aug. 1949
The Saltire Singers/Oppenheim, Edinburgh, May 1953
Eglinton Singers, Edinburgh, Oct. 1962
Clothworkers Consort of Leeds, Leeds & York, Jun. 2016
Clothworkers Consort of Leeds, Edinburgh, Nov 2016
Cloister Singers, Edinburgh, Aug. 1949
The Saltire Singers/Oppenheim, Edinburgh, May 1953
Eglinton Singers, Edinburgh, Oct. 1962
Clothworkers Consort of Leeds, Leeds & York, Jun. 2016
Clothworkers Consort of Leeds, Edinburgh, Nov 2016