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Songs of Ariel, from William Shakespeare's the Tempest, for Voice, Piano, and String Trio (2021)

by Kenneth L. Field

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Come Unto These Yellow Sands (with flute) 02:55
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Come Unto These Yellow Sands - Act 1 Scene 2 Ariel: "Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have and kiss'd The wild waves whist, Foot it featly here and there; And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear. Hark, hark! [Burthen (dispersedly, within): Bow-wow] The watch-dogs bark! [Burthen: Bow-wow] Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow."
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Full Fathom Five (with alto flute) 03:58
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Full Fathom Five - Act One Scene Two "Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell [Burthen: Ding-dong] Hark! now I hear them,—Ding-dong, bell."
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While You Here Do Snoring Lie (with flute) 02:10
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While You Here Do Snoring Lie - Act Two Scene One [Ariel sings in Gonzalo's ear] "While you here do snoring lie, Open-eyed conspiracy His time doth take. If of life you keep a care, Shake off slumber, and beware: Awake, awake!" (Here, Ariel awakens Gonzalo from an enchanted sleep with this song, and saves him from being murdered by Sebastian. Again, Gonzalo is confused by the spirit’s voice and believes he heard only a “humming”.)
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Where the Bee Sucks (with flute) 02:48
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Where The Bee Sucks - Act Five Scene One "Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough."

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The vocal parts have been substituted with flute for now.

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released August 9, 2021

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