William Alwyn : Lyra Angelica, Concerto for harp and string orchestra (1954)

William Alwyn

                                              Portrait of William Alwyn

(1905 - 1985), was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.

Lyra Angelica, Concerto for harp and string orchestra (1954)

Based on the epic poem of Giles Fletcher, “Christ’s Victorie and Triumph (1610)

1, Adagio – I looke for angels’ song and hear Him crie.
2. Adagio ma non troppo – Ah! Who was He such pretious perils found?
3. Moderato – And yet, how can I leave Thee singing goe, when men incens’d withg Thy death foreset?
4. Allegro jubiloso – How can such joy as this want words to speake?

Rachel Masters, harp
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, conductor