WHY SHOULD I FEAR THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD

In memory of Deborah Priestley.

The first free single from the project ‘Sonnets by Susan Evance’. The single contains an edited version of the album track. It’s available from this website, and included on the compilation ‘Sonnets by Susan Evance - Highlights’.

Cover art (PDF)
Sheet music (PDF)

The cover artwork shows a detail of the painting ‘Netley Abbey by moonlight’ by John Constable (1776-1837).

Released: March 2016;
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BLAKENHAM! ALTHOUGH THY BOUNDED SCENES

The second free single from the project ‘Sonnets by Susan Evance’. The single contains an edited version of the album track. It’s available from this website, and included on the compilation ‘Sonnets by Susan Evance - Highlights’.

Cover art (PDF)
Sheet music (PDF)

The cover artwork shows a detail of the painting ‘A village scene’ by Robert Gallon (1845-1925).

Released: April 2016;
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AS O'ER THE GLOOMY HEATH THE PILGRIM STRAYS

The third free single from the project ‘Sonnets by Susan Evance’. The single contains an edited version of the album track. It’s available from this website, and included on the compilation ‘Sonnets by Susan Evance - Highlights’.

Cover art (PDF)
Sheet music (PDF)

The cover artwork shows a detail of the painting ‘The river Llugwy at Capel Curig’ by Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886).

Released: May 2016;
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DID I NOT SEE THEE OPE THY LOVELY EYE

The fourth (and last) free single from the project ‘Sonnets by Susan Evance’. The single contains an edited version of the album track. It's available from this website, and included on the compilation ‘Sonnets by Susan Evance - Highlights’.

Cover art (PDF)
Sheet music (PDF)

The cover artwork shows a detail of the painting ‘Stilleven met bloemen en fruit’ (‘Still life with flowers and fruit’) by Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os (1782–1861).

Released: June 2016;
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SONNETS BY SUSAN EVANCE, HIGHLIGHTS

  1. Why should I fear the spirits of the dead? (3.18)
  2. As o’er the gloomy heath the Pilgrim strays (3.25)
  3. Pale ruthless Demon! terrible Despair! (2.53)
  4. O leave me not, Content! I cannot bear (3.37)
  5. With weeping tenderness once more I gaze (3.55)
  6. Blakenham! although thy bounded scenes (2.49)
  7. O take me from the hated haunts of man (3.05)
  8. Ah no--enthusiasm’s hour is fled (3.42)
  9. Why do I muse on moments that are past (3.07)
  10. Did I not see thee ope thy lovely eye (4.16)

This compilation album contains all edited single/video mixes, the mixes from the two bonus videos and four extra edited mixes.

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Cover art (PDF)
Sheet music (PDF)
Susan Evance's 1808 publication (PDF)

Released: September 2016;
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