LIST OF SONGS IN EACH ALBUM

The first page of each song can be seen, and in many cases listened to, on
Horace Keats home page - "Catalogue of Songs"

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A CELEBRATION of AUSTRALIAN POETS

Range Title Poet
E-A Ego Edith Sterling Levis  
Eb-A Sun After Rain Hugh McCrae
D-Ab O Deep and Dewy Hour Hugh McCrae
E-E Sea-Wraith J J Donnelly
D-G The Orange Tree John Shaw Neilson 
G-A In What Other Places Do You Live? Russell Henderson 
E-F Galleons Kenneth Mackenzie 
Eb-A Mermaids Kenneth Mackenzie 
D-A My Heart was Wandering in the Sands Christopher Brennan 
Gb-Ab  White Wind Christopher Brennan 

 

  BRENNAN SONGS

D#-G How Old is My Heart
F-Ab I am Shut Out of Mine Own Heart 
D-A My Heart was Wandering in the Sands
D-A Of Old, On Her Terrace at Evening 
D#-Ab Once I Could Sit by the Fire Hour Long 
Eb-Ab Peace Dwells in Blessing 
D#-G Spring Breezes
Eb-Ab The Point of Noon
Eb-G We Sat Entwined 
Gb-Ab White Wind  
E-F#/C-G Drowsy  Chime (for two sopranos)


                                      SONGS FROM THE BRITISH ISLES      

Range

Title Poet
E-E The Lamb William Blake  
D-G

Love’s Secret

William Blake
G-Ab Goneril’s Lullaby Gordon Bottomley
D-G Dreams At Eventide Herbert J Brandon
E-F River, O River Herbert J Brandon
C-D She Walks in Beauty Lord Byron
Bb-G Moonlit Apples John Drinkwater 
Eb-Ab Heaven Haven Gerard Manly Hopkins 
E-F The Pantler’s Son Hugh McCrae
E-A

The Song of the Little People

Edith Sterling Levis
D-E

White Heather

Edith Sterling Levis
D-F

Yellow Bracken

John Cowper Powys 

              DRAKE'S CALL

Eb-A

The Coral Reef

John Wheeler 

D-Eb

Drake’s Call

Herbert J Brandon

Db-Eb

The Fishing Pools

Kenneth Mackenzie  

D-Eb

Galleons

Kenneth Mackenzie

Eb-Eb

Goldfish

Kenneth Mackenzie

E-G

Over the Quiet Waters

Herbert J Brandon

D-E

The Roads Beside the Sea

Herbert J Brandon

D-D

Sea-Wraith

J J Donnelly

D-G

Storm Music

John L Glascock

 

 

 


SETTINGS  IN THE EASTERN IDIOM

C-G Dawn Gordon Bottomley  
G- Ab The Figtree Rose Marie Hodgson
Eb -F The Fishing Pools Kenneth Mackenzie 
F-G Goldfish Kenneth Mackenzie   
Eb-A Mermaids Kenneth Mackenzie   
C-G The Moon Hugh McCrae
F-F

I Will Build My House on the Water

Anonymous 4th Century Chinese Poet [Translated by Arthur Waley] 
G-F Plucking the Rushes Anonymous 4th Century Chinese Poet [Translated by Arthur Waley] 

 


LOVE AND OTHER MYSTERIES

D-G Love’s Secret William Blake
D-G Dreams at Eventide Herbert J Brandon
C-E I Know a Road Herbert J Brandon
F-F Thousands of Roadways Herbert J Brandon
E-F Two Lovers Herbert J Brandon
D#-G Spring Breezes Christopher J Brennan
E-E Sea Wraith J J Donnelly
G-A In What Other Places do you Live? Russell Henderson
E-G The Trespass Hugh McCrae
Eb-G Versicle Hugh McCrae
D-G The Orange Tree John Shaw Neilson
D-F My Surrender Edith Sterling Levis
D-E The Constant Lover Sir John Suckling
G-F Plucking the Rushes Anonymous 4th Century Chinese Poet


VOICE OF THE FOREST - HUGH McCRAE

 

  FIVE STRING QUARTETS        

In What Other Places Do You Live? Russell Henderson
Plucking the Rushes Anonymous 4th century Chinese poet  
The Fishing Pools Kenneth MacKenzie
The Point of Noon Christopher Brennan
Yellow Bracken John Cowper Powys

 

 

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