Sung by Eleanor Meynell and Lawrence Wallington.
Genre: Vocal
Mood: Christmas
Forces: Female voice, Male voice
Length: 1 Minutes
From 2001, a setting of a 15th century carol for soprano & tenor without accompaniment, lasting around 1-2 minutes.
I sing of a maiden
That is makeless;*
King of all kings
To her son she ches.†
He came all so still
Where his mother was,
As dew in April
That falleth on the grass.
He came all so still
To his mother’s bower,
As dew in April
That falleth on the flower.
He came all so still
Where his mother lay,
As dew in April
That falleth on the spray.
Mother and maiden
Was never none but she;
Well may such a lady
Godës mother be.
‘I syng of a mayden’- text anonymous, 13th century English.
* Makeless = matchless (here pronounced mackerless, not mayk-less)
† Ches = chose
First performance:
24 December 2001, Sandra Graham and Philip French, Tudeley, Kent.
Available as a download at Con Brio / The Third Release