- Lennox Berkeley
Crux fidelis, Op. 43 no.1 (1955)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Written for Peter Pears; dedicated to Imogen Holst
Programme Note
Faithful cross, O tree all beauteous,
Tree all peerless and divine.
Not a grove on earth can shew us
Such a flower and leaf as thine.
Sweet the nails and sweet the wood,
Laden with so sweet a load.
Tree all peerless and divine.
Not a grove on earth can shew us
Such a flower and leaf as thine.
Sweet the nails and sweet the wood,
Laden with so sweet a load.
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Crux fidelis, Op. 43, No. 1