Tag: Christina Rossetti

Good Friday

Byartsyhonker September 30, 2019 0 Comments
Here's my setting of 'Good Friday' by Christina Rossetti: Am I a stone and not a sheep That I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy Cross, To number drop by drop Thy Blood's slow loss, And yet not weep? Not so those women loved Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee; Not so fallen Peter weeping bitterly; Not so the thief was moved; Not so the Sun and Moon Which hid their faces in a starless sky, A...

Up-Hill — recording

Byartsyhonker May 27, 2014 0 Comments
The recital at St Andrew's last weekend went well, but noise and so on meant the live recording didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. So, I've done a home recording of Up-Hill, to give a better idea of what it sounds like. I think it actually sounds better with Joanna singing than with the "just me" version but unfortunately, she is not here, so you just get two of me instead! – Does the road...