for mixed chorus
To daffodils: The succession of the four swéet months: Marsh flowers; The evening primrose: Ballad of green broom sung by the BBC Midland Chorus
Conductor, John Lowe
Benjamin Britten 's ' Flower Songs ' are dedicated to Leonard and Dorothy Elm-hirst of Darlington Hall, on the occasion of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in April last year. The songs were privately performed at Dartington Hall a year ago, and broadcast by the BBC Aiidland Chorus (under its conductor, John Lowe) in the Midland Region last
May. For the words Britten has turned to Herrick. George Crabbe. John Clare, and the ' Ballad of Green Broom,' which tells of a woodman's son who ' lay in his bed till 'twas noon, bright noon.' H.R.