singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
A Rune of hospitality - I saw a stranger yestreen - for string quartet
SM-000341566
- Composer
- David W Solomons
- Publisher
- David W Solomons
- Genre
- Classical / Instrumental
- Instrumentation
- Violin, Viola, Cello
- Scored for
- Quartet
- Type of score
- Full score, Parts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Year of composition
- 2018
Description
Many years ago I set the following poem by Kenneth MacLeod to a melody for voice and guitar.
This is an instrumental version of my setting, enhancing the mystery of the poem.
The pdf file contains score and parts.
The sound sample is an electronic preview.
I saw a stranger yestreen.
I put food in the eating place,
drink in the drinking place,
music in the listening place,
and in the sacred name of the Triune
He blessed myself and my house,
my cattle and my dear ones,
and the lark said in her song
often, often, often,
goes Christ in the stranger’s guise.