The Nightingale and The Rose (opera) - Music and Sound Samples

Music and Sound Samples

The opera culminates with the four songs of the Nightingale, settings of the four sonnets by Christina Rossetti (1830–1894):

  • 1. Remember me, when I am gone away… read the poem (see the music example below)
  • 2. Sleep, unforgotten sorrow, sleep awhile…
  • 3. So tired am I, so weary of to-day…
  • 4. Time flies, hope flags, life piles a wearied wing… see the Sonnet No.10
Sound sample of the first song of the Nightingale File:Firsova Nightingale Remember1.mid

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