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Track(s) taken from CDH55210

The lark in the clear air

First line:
Dear thoughts are in my mind, and my soul soars enchanted
composer
Anonymous - traditional
Old Irish air
arranger
Phyllis Tate (1911-1987)
author of text
Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886)

Dame Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Recording details: September 1992
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: March 1993
Total duration: 2 minutes 4 seconds

Cover artwork: Photograph of Ann Murray. Malcolm Crowthers
 

Other recordings available for download

Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
The Irish poet and antiquary Samuel Ferguson was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was called to the bar in 1838 and became a Queen’s Counsellor in 1859. He retired in 1867 when he was appointed deputy-keeper of Irish records, for which he was knighted in 1878. He set his words for ‘The lark in the clear air’ to the traditional Irish air ‘An Trailliur’, performed here in an arrangement by Phyllis Tate.

from notes by Andrew Lamb © 2002

Other albums featuring this work

Songs my father taught me
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
CDA67290

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