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A Song of Welcome (1954) F. 34

Text: Cecil Day-Lewis
Arthur Bliss, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Chorus, Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), John Cameron (Bass-baritone)
℗ 2006
Remastered

    • 1. Welcome! our May-time flares, and you return (Chorus)
      02:41
    • 2. You went the way of the sun (Chorus)
      00:27
    • 3. Tilting airfields rose to meet you (Soprano, Baritone, Chorus)
      02:17
    • 4. Behind the façades and faces (Soprano, Chorus)
      02:08
    • 5. A common wealth of growing love (Chorus, Soprano)
      02:18
    • 6. Behind the salutes and the speeches (Baritone, Chorus)
      01:24
    • 7. The forward bloom and stride of man (Chorus, Soprano, Baritone)
      02:28
    • 8. Soon it is dawn (Chorus, Soprano, Baritone)
      02:45