Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by J. Mitchell

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John Mitchell (b. 1941)

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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:

Cantata: Four Passages (Excerpts from Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot), op. 109

no. 1. Time present and time past (Text: T. S. Eliot) *
no. 2. At the still point (Text: T. S. Eliot) *
no. 3. Shall I say it again? (Text: T. S. Eliot) *
no. 4. Where is there an end of it? (Text: T. S. Eliot) *
no. 5. We shall not cease from exploration (Text: T. S. Eliot) *

Five Poems by Robert Frost, op. 48

no. 1. To the thawing wind (Text: Robert Frost)
no. 2. Nightscene (Text: Robert Frost)
no. 3. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Text: Robert Frost) GER
no. 4. Acquainted with the night (Text: Robert Frost) GER
no. 5. Riders (Text: Robert Frost)

Five Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay, op. 50

no. 1. Night is my sister (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
no. 2. Columbine (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
no. 3. Time does not bring relief (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
no. 4. You'll be sorry (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
no. 5. Beauty (Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay)

Four Poems by Sylvia Plath, op. 104

no. 1. Morning Song (Text: Sylvia Plath)
no. 2. The Couriers (Text: Sylvia Plath)
no. 3. Sheep in Fog (Text: Sylvia Plath)
no. 4. The Applicant (Text: Sylvia Plath)

Four Sacred Songs, op. 96

no. 1. A Daily Offering (Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins)
no. 2. Pied Beauty (Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins) FIN
no. 3. Thee God, I come from (Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins)
no. 4. The windhover (Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins) FIN

Four Songs in Spanish, op. 95

no. 1. Muerte (Text: Federico García Lorca)
no. 4. La United Fruit Co. (Text: Pablo Neruda) *

Fourteen Poems by Anne Sexton, op. 114

no. 1. The starry night (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 2. The balance wheel (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 3. I Remember (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 4. Her kind (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 5. With mercy for the Greedy (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 6. Music swims back to me (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 7. O Mary, fragile mother (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 8. Frenzy (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 9. Housewife (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 10. Small wire (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 11. Mr. Mine (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 12. Where it was at back then (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 13. Just once (Text: Anne Sexton) *
no. 14. In Excelsis (Text: Anne Sexton) *

La Corona, op. 89

no. 1. Deign at my hands (introduction) (Text: John Donne)
no. 2. Salvation to all (annunciation) (Text: John Donne)
no. 3. Immensity cloistered (nativity) (Text: John Donne)
no. 4. With his kind mother (temple) (Text: John Donne)
no. 5. By miracles exceeding (crucifixion) (Text: John Donne)
no. 6. Moist with one drop (resurrection) (Text: John Donne)
no. 7. Salute the last (ascension) (Text: John Donne)

Seven Songs from William Blake, op. 1

no. 1. To Morning (Text: William Blake) CZE
no. 2. Love and harmony combine (Text: William Blake)
no. 3. My silks and fine array (Text: William Blake)
no. 4. Memory, hither come (Text: William Blake)
no. 5. How sweet I roam'd (Text: William Blake)
no. 6. The wild winds weep (Text: William Blake) CAT
no. 7. I love the merry dance (Text: William Blake)

Six Sonnets by Michelangelo, op. 72

no. 1. From heaven his spirit came (Text: John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) CAT FRE GER LIT RUS
no. 2. A heart of flaming sulphur (Text: John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) GER
no. 3. Blest spirit (Text: John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) CZE GER
no. 4. He who ordained (Text: John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) GER GER
no. 5. Choice soul (Text: John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) FRE LIT SPA
no. 6. When divine Art (Text: John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) GER

The Earth, the Wind, and the Sky, op. 24

no. 1. For the Moors (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 2. Winter Reflection (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 3. Tell me, tell me, smiling child (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 4. The darkened woods (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 5. Celebration (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 6. Evening landscape (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 7. I'm happiest when most away (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 8. In summer moonlight (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 9. The Old Hall (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 10. The harp (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 11. The traveler (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 12. A spell (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 13. The caged bird (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 14. The pessimist (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 15. No coward soul is mine (Text: Emily Brontë)

Three Songs for Vicky, op. 90

no. 1. To Dorothy (Text: Marvin Bell) *
no. 2. Echo (Text: Lawrence Durrell) *

Three Songs in Spanish, op. 103

no. 2. Sátira filosófica (Text: Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana , as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz)
no. 3. Último árbol (Text: Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga , as Gabriela Mistral)

Visions from the Earth, op. 17

no. 1. A vision (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 2. Cold in the earth (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 3. To Imagination (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 4. Come, walk with me (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 5. Shall Earth no more inspire thee (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 6. Child of Delight! (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 7. Stars
no. 8. The Night Wind (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 9. How Clear She Shines (Text: Emily Brontë)
no. 10. The Messenger (Text: Emily Brontë)

Visions from the Flame, op. 25

no. 1. The voice of the Bard (Text: William Blake)
no. 2. The lamb (Text: William Blake) CAT GER GER RUS
no. 3. The divine image (Text: William Blake) GER RUS
no. 4. Ah! Sunflower (Text: William Blake) CAT FRE SPA
no. 5. I asked a Thief (Text: William Blake)
no. 6. The Garden of Love (Text: William Blake) GER
no. 7. The smile (Text: William Blake)
no. 8. Mock on, mock on (Text: William Blake)
no. 9. The Tyger (Text: William Blake) CAT CHI FRE GER GER RUS
no. 10. Eternity (Text: William Blake)

All titles of vocal settings in Opus order

op. 1. Seven Songs from William Blake
op. 17. Visions from the Earth
op. 24. The Earth, the Wind, and the Sky
op. 25. Visions from the Flame
op. 48. Five Poems by Robert Frost
op. 50. Five Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay
op. 51. Five Lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay
op. 71. Seven Journeys to Earth
- Heft 1
  - no. 1. My lady dreams (Text: Emily Brontë)
  - no. 2. Hope (Text: Emily Brontë)
  - no. 3. Death (Text: Emily Brontë)
  - no. 4. Bright or cloudy (Text: Emily Brontë)
  - no. 5. Douglas' ride (Text: Emily Brontë)
- Heft 3
  - no. 3. Lullaby (Text: Emily Brontë)
op. 72. Six Sonnets by Michelangelo
op. 89. La Corona
op. 90. Three Songs for Vicky
op. 94. Ode On A Grecian Urn (Text: John Keats)
op. 95. Four Songs in Spanish
op. 96. Four Sacred Songs
op. 103. Three Songs in Spanish
op. 104. Four Poems by Sylvia Plath
op. 109. Cantata: Four Passages (Excerpts from Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot)
op. 114. Fourteen Poems by Anne Sexton

Last update: 2025-04-20 04:40:43