Jacob - A Goodly Heritage

GORDON JACOB

A Goodly Heritage
Cantata for female voices (SA or SSA) with string orchestra and piano
Twelve songs of the countryside

DATE WRITTEN   1950

DEDICATED TO   The Women's Choirs of Surrey

FIRST PERFORMANCE   9 May 1951, Dorking Halls, Dorking, Surrey
Surrey Ladies' Festival Choir, conducted by the composer
A Festival of Britain concert

FIRST LONDON PERFORMANCE   22 April 1953, Royal Festival Hall
Goldsmith's Choral Union with London Symhpony Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult

TEXT   Shakespeare; Bunyan; C Rossetti; anon; R Lovelace; S Gray; Dixon; Herrick; Blake; Shelley; W Cornish

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DATE WRITTEN	1950
DEDICATED TO	The Women's Choirs of Surrey
FIRST PERFORMANCE	9 May 1951, Dorking Halls, Dorking, Surrey Surrey Ladies' Festival Choir, conducted by the composer A Festival of Britain concert
FIRST LONDON PERFORMANCE	22 April 1953, Royal Festival Hall Goldsmith's Choral Union with London Symhpony Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult
TEXT	Shakespeare; Bunyan; C Rossetti; anon; R Lovelace; S Gray; Dixon; Herrick; Blake; Shelley; W Cornish