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Track(s) taken from CDD22071

Thy hand in mine

composer
10 February 1917
author of text

Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Recording details: January 1997
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: June 1997
Total duration: 2 minutes 24 seconds

Cover artwork: Alby, Norfolk. John Middleton (1827-1856)
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
 

Thy hand in mine has some similarities to the much earlier song E’en as a lovely flower in layout and general mood, but the harmony is more interesting, and the poem, though not of great import, less open to cynical misunderstanding.

from notes by Michael Pilkington © 1997

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