If I Could (Have Given You A Note)
Music of Sally Greenaway
If I Could is a delightful meeting of text and music exploring the timeless human condition of loss and regret. It is not an archaic or dreary exploration of the topic, but rather is hopeful and reassuring with sublime melodic contours, harmony that covers delightful clusters to broad sweeping progressions that fill the heart with joy and sorrow in equal measure, and a wonderful lyricism built upon memories of nostalgia, joy and regret.
The piece should be sung with as little vibrato as possible, to maximise the intonation in the harmony and the message of the lyric.
If I could have given you a note
At the blue hour of your time ...It would be the Northern Star
To your ship and the lighthouse too
Note: the SSAATB version includes a piano part to assist with rehearsals, but the piece should be performed a capella.
Versions of this work appear in these recordings
If I Could (Have Delivered You A Note)
Sally Greenaway
Released 2022
Performed by Luminescence, Conducted by Roland Peelman
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