Sacred and Profane

Album by Benjamin Britten & RIAS Kammerchor & Marcus Creed

Sacred and Profane is a choral work by English composer Benjamin Britten, composed in 1975. Written for unaccompanied choir and setting medieval lyrics, it juxtaposes austere, modal textures with more rhythmic, earthy passages and reflects Britten's late-career interest in concise, text-driven vocal writing.

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  1. 1.
    Sacred and Profane, op. 91: St. Godric's Hymn
    1:41
  2. 2.
    Sacred and Profane, op. 91: I mon waxe wod
    0:40
  3. 3.
    Sacred and Profane, op. 91: Lenten is come
    2:19
  4. 4.
    Sacred and Profane, op. 91: The long night
    1:32
  5. 5.
    Sacred and Profane, op. 91: Yif ic of luve can
    2:42
  6. 6.
    Sacred and Profane, op. 91: Carol
    1:54
  7. 7.
    Sacred and Profane, op. 91: Ye that pasen by
    1:52
  8. 8.
    Sacred and Profane, op. 91: A death
    3:03
  9. 9.
    Go, Song of Mine, op. 57
    5:23
  10. 10.
    There is sweet music, op. 53 no. 1
    4:34
  11. 11.
    Love's Tempest, op. 73 no. 2
    3:25
  12. 12.
    Shakespeare Songs: Full Fathom Five
    3:24
  13. 13.
    Shakespeare Songs: The Cloud-Capp'd Towers
    2:22
  14. 14.
    Shakespeare Songs: Over Hill, Over Dale
    1:04
  15. 15.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27
    11:24
  16. 16.
    To be sung of a summer night on the water: 1. Slow but not dragging
    2:23
  17. 17.
    To be sung of a summer night on the water: 2. Gaily but not quick
    1:57
  18. 18.
    The Blue Bird, op. 119 no. 3
    3:50

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