Venables THROUGH THESE PALE COLD DAYS

Ian Venables THROUGH THESE PALE COLD DAYS Op. 46

Five Songs of War and Remembrance

for tenor, viola and piano

NOVELLO

CONTENTS I. II. III. IV.

The Send-Off Text: Wilfred Owen Procrastination Text: Francis St. Vincent Morris Through these pale cold days Text: Isaac Rosenberg Suicide in the Trenches / If You Forget Text: Siegfried Sassoon / Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy

Duration: c. 23 minutes

Order No: NOV166804

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To the Worcestershire Regiment and to the memory of the Old Boys of the Royal Grammar School, Worcester who died in the First World War

Through These Pale Cold Days Five Songs of War and Remembrance

I – The Send-Off Wilfred Owen

Ian Venables Op.46 no.1

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II – Procrastination

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Francis St. Vincent Morris

Ian Venables Op.46 no.2

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III – Through these pale cold days Isaac Rosenberg

Ian Venables Op.46 no.3

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