This Is The Bird (from 'Seasons And Charms') (Mixed Voices/Accompaniment)

‘This is the bird’ is tender yet fleeting, so as to highlight the delicate quality of children’s voices while retaining a certain intensity that might otherwise be lost in a song of longer duration. Unison melody.

Seasons and Charms is a collection of short pieces for young people’s voices and piano, commissioned by Aldeburgh Music for the Friday Afternoons Project. Inspired by Benjamin Britten, Friday Afternoons is an initiative created by Snape Maltings (formerly Aldeburgh Music) to open up a world of singing for children and young people.

Additional materials to this collected edition, such as lyric sheets and backing tracks, are made available as part of the Friday Afternoons Song Bank: www.fridayafternoonsmusic.co.uk