Rehearsal Aids
Shearing: Songs and Sonnets
Highlighted piano rehearsal tracks from Choral Lines for each of the movements of Shearing's Songs and Sonnets:
- Live with Me and Be My Love
- When Daffodils Begin to Peer
- It Was a Lover and His Lass
- Spring
- Who Is Silvia?
- Fie on Sinful Fantasy
- Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain
Synthesised voice rehearsal tracks for each of the movements of Shearing's Songs and Sonnets:
- Live with me and be my love: Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
- When Daffodils Begin: Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
- Spring: Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
- Who is Silvia: Sop | Alt | Ten1 | Ten2 | Bas1 | Bas2 |
- Fie on Sinful Fantasy: Sop | Alt | Ten | Bas |
- Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain: Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
- It was a lover and his lass: Sop1 | Sop2 | Alt | Ten | Bas1 | Bas2 |
The links below take you to John Hooper's MIDI files from John's MIDI File Choral Music site. Your phone, tablet or computer may play these directly, or you may need to install a MIDI player.
| George Shearing: Songs and Sonnets | ||||||||
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| 2: When daffodils begin to peer | ![]() |
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| 3: It was a lover and his lass | ![]() |
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| 5: Sylvia | ![]() |
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| 6: Fie on sinful fantasy | ![]() |
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| 7: Hey, ho, the wind and the rain | ![]() |
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Chilcott: The Isle is Full of Noises
| Bob Chilcott: The Isle is Full of Noises | ||||||||
| UNemphasized | Soprano 1 | Soprano 2 | Alto 1 | Alto 2 | Tenor 1 | Tenor 2 | Bass 1 | Bass 2 |
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