The Seasons of Love

The Cries of London presents an a cappella programme of songs about the delights and sorrows of Love. Includes motets by Giovanni Palestrina and Melchior Franck; 'Il est bel et bon' by Pierre Passereau ; 'The Silver Swan' by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625); 'Il bianco e dolce cigno' by Jacques Arcadelt (c.1507–1568); Brahms's Fünf gesänge, Op 104 Nos 1, 2 & 3; 1888; Elgar's 'My love dwelt in a northern land'; Robert Lucas Pearsall's 'Lay a garland'; and Stanford's 'Quick! We have but a second'. (In aid of international development charity Practical Action.)