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'In a Persian Garden' (Liza Lehmann)
A Song Cycle for Four Solo Voices with Ida Cooper (Soprano), Gladys Palmer (Contralto), Parry Jones (Tenor), Kenneth Ellis (Bass)

Quartet: 'Wake! for the sun who scatter'd into flight'
Tenor: 'Before the phantom of false morning died'.
Bass: 'Now the New Year reviving old desires'
Tenor: 'Iram indeed is gone with all his rose
Quartet: 'Come, fill the cup, and in the fire of Spring'
Bass: 'Whether all Naishapur or Babylon'
Contralto: 'Ah, not a drop that from our cups we throw'
Soprano and Tenor: 'A book of verses underneath the bough'
Bass: 'Myself when young did eagerly frequent'
Contralto: 'When you and I behind the veil are past'
Soprano: 'But if the soul can fling the dust aside'
Tenor: 'Alas! that Spring should vanish with the rose!'
Contralto: 'The worldly hope men set their hearts upon'
Soprano: 'Each morn a thousand roses brings, you say'
Quartet: 'They say the lion and the lizard keep'
Tenor: 'Ah, fill the cup! what boots it to repeat'
Bass: 'As then the tulip for her morning sup
Quartet: 'Alas! that Spring should vanish with the rose!'

Contributors

Unknown:
Liza Lehmann
Soprano:
Ida Cooper
Soprano:
Gladys Palmer
Tenor:
Parry Jones
Tenor:
Kenneth Ellis

5PY Plymouth

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More