FM266

The Nightingale

for mixed choir (SATB) and flute

Philip Mead

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This is a setting of lines from Coleridge Taylor’s beautiful poem, The Nightingale, and aims to capture the mystical and dream-like quality of the original. Alternating sections of stillness and movement are punctuated by bird-like sounds from the solo flute.

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Composer Title Forces Duration
Philip Mead
Words: Samuel Taylor Coleridge		The Nightingale
for mixed choir (SATB) and flute 		Choir (SATB), Flute7 mins
Parts
  • Order copies of the Score only to receive robust copies with high-quality colour covers and the separate flute part;
  • Order copies of the Parts only to receive cheaper coverless copies suitable for use by the singers.
Recorded performance

St Augustine’s Singers, Cambridge (Tim Brown, Conductor) with Caroline Mead, Flute
From their Remembrance Day Concert on Saturday, 11th November 2023 at St Augustine’s Church, Richmond Road, Cambridge

Catalogue code: FM266 • Published: 21st July 2023
Entry last updated: 12th November 2023