Genre: Vocal
Mood: Reflective
Forces: Male voice, Piano
Length: 11 Minutes
From 2016-2017, three poems by Ian McMillan: Old Age, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Early Morning Stroll, set for baritone and piano.
Old Age, from ‘This Lake Used to be Frozen: Lamps’, ©2011
Early Morning Stroll. Deep Woods. Just Seen My Mate Who Spent His Early Years in a Children’s Home. from ‘Ah’ve Soiled Ma Breeks!’, Smith/Doorstop Books, ©2012
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from ‘To Fold the Evening Star!’, Carcanet Presss, ©2016
Here they are sung by Roberto Mancusi, with Richard Black at the piano, in Kent, May 2018: