Four Views of Love

$25.00

Four Views of Love

AUDIO
WHEN YOU ARE OLD
LET IT BE YOU
LET IT BE FORGOTTEN
A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN

PROGRAM NOTE
The four songs express the different aspects of love, from loss, to profound love, an old love that, in reality, will never be forgotten, and a cute look at an early relationship.

WHEN YOU ARE OLD
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

LET IT BE YOU
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)

Let it be you who lean above me
On my last day,
Let it be you who shut my eyelids
Forever and aye.
Say a “Goodnight” as you have said it
All of these years,
With the old look, with the old whisper
And without tears.
You will know then all that in silence
You always knew,
Though I have loved, I loved no other
As I loved you.

LET IT BE FORGOTTEN
Sara Teasdale

Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold,
Let it be forgotten for ever and ever,
Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

If anyone asks, say it was forgotten
Long and long ago,
As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall
In a long forgotten snow.

A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

She wore a ‘terra-cotta’ dress,
And we stayed, because of the pelting storm,
Within the hansom’s dry recess,
Though the horse had stopped; yea,   motionless
We sat on, snug and warm.

Then the downpour ceased, to my sharp sad pain,
And the glass that had screened our forms before
Flew up, and out she sprang to her door:
I should have kissed her if the rain
Had lasted a minute more.

Description

GARTH BAXTER b. 1946
garthbaxter.org
gbaxter2744@gmail.com
youtube.com/garthbaxter
twitter.com/GBaxterComposer
open.spotify.com/artist/6or4GL592h2fB2V9rTyVEa
soundcloud.com/user849192999
facebook.com/garthbaxtercomposer

Composer Garth Baxter is noted for his modern traditionalist style of writing. This is a style that combines the traditions of form and clear melodic writing with the use of contemporary approaches to harmonies and other elements. Baxter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1946. He earned music degrees from Pepperdine University and California State University at Northridge. He studied composition with Robert Hall Lewis, Joseph Wagner, and William Thornton. Baxter’s compositions for chorus, orchestra, symphonic band, piano, organ, flute, voice, and guitar, as well as other instrumental combinations, have been performed throughout the world. His music has been featured on radio and on-line programs worldwide. He has received numerous awards, commissions, and honors. His music has been the topic of Doctoral and Master’s Theses. His recording, ASK THE MOON, works for voice and piano by Garth Baxter, released January 2018 by PARMA Recordings (Navona), has been praised worldwide. The recording Katherine Keem Sings Songs and Arias by Garth Baxter, from Centaur Records, has been acclaimed for its significant contribution to the voice and guitar repertoire. A recording of Baxter’s instrumental works, Resistance, was released from PARMA Recordings (Navona) February 2019 and has received wonderful reviews. His work Still Falls the Rain was featured on the album Voices of Earth and Air, Vol. 3 released by PARMA (Navona) in October, 2020. Baxter’s works are published by ALRY Publications, Columbia Music Company, Les Productions D’OZ, Doberman-YPPan, Guitar Chamber Music Press, Mel Bay Publications and Theodore Presser.