2003, r. 2007

a song cycle for soprano and piano

By:

• Hugh Dixon

Contents:

1. Return of Spring; 2. Set Free; 3. Fascination; 4. Tranquil Repose; 5. Despondent; 6. Concentration; 7. Motion.

Samples

	Score (535k)	Pages 1, 4, 10, 14, 17, 21 and 24 from A Lute of Jade	© Hugh Dixon
	Score (535k)	Pages 1, 4, 10, 17, 21 and 24 of 'Songs of Mystic Jade' (First edition)	© Hugh Dixon

Availability

• This work has 4 scores and a recording

Programme Note

This works exists in three versions, two called Songs of Mystic Jade written in 2003 and revised in 2005 and the third called Lute of Jade which was completed in 2007.

The composer came across a book of classical poetry of China, called A Lute of Jade by L. Cranmer-Byng in which he was drawn to the poems of Ssu-k’ung T’u, the most philosophical of the poets in the collection.

Text Note:

Settings from "A Lute of Jade" by classical chinese poet Ssu-Kung Tu rendered into English verse by L. Cranmer-Byng from translations of Herbert Gyles

Influences:

• Chinese
• Language and Literature

Dedication:

Dedicated to Wendy Dixon

Performance History

	04 Jan 2008	Performed by Grevillea Ensemble: Wendy Dixon (soprano) and David Miller (piano) ‘Fascination’ from Songs of Mystic Jade