music        news/events        bio        contact        recordings Rejoice 1979 soprano flute clarinet violin cello duration 8' first performance: Margaret Field with Gemini, cond. Peter Wiegold /  Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival / November 1979  awards: 1st Prize Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Young Composers Competition SCORE This Way From the North  This Way From the West  This Way From the South  This Way From the East    TEXTS This Way From the North  This way from the north, comes the cloud, very blue. And inside the cloud is the blue corn. How beautiful the cloud bringing corn of blue colour.  Traditional (Pueblo)  Bring cornflag, blue harebells, Pansies, calaminth, And the fair haired hyacinth.  Ben Jonson (1572–1637) from The Shepherds' Calendar  This Way From the West This way from the west, comes the cloud, very yellow. And inside the cloud is the yellow corn.  Bring cornflag, tulips and fair ox-eye, Goldilocks and goulands, King cups and sweet sops-in-wine, Paigles, pansies, The checked and purple ringed daffodillies, Bright crown imperial, king's spear And hollyhocks. How beautiful the cloud bringing corn of yellow colour.  This Way From the South  This way from the south, comes the cloud, very red.  Bring cornflag, tulips and Adonis flower, Pinks and sweet sops-in-wine, Flower gentle and the fair haired hyacinth, Bring rich carnations, hollyhocks, With spikenard weaved And marjoram between.  And inside the cloud is the red corn. How beautiful the cloud bringing corn of red colour.  Bring cornflag and columbine, Bring rich carnations, flower-de-luces, Lilies, hollyhocks and soft lady smocks, With spikenard weaved and meadow's queen.  This Way From the East This way from the east, comes the cloud, very white. And inside the cloud is the white corn. How beautiful the cloud bringing corn of white colour.