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Come to me
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Come to me by Gustav Holst — Lyrics
Come to me in the silence of the night,
come in the speaking silence of a dream;
Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright
as sunlight on a stream;
Come back in tears,
O memory, hope, love of finished years.
Oh dream how sweet, too sweet, too bitter sweet,
whose wakening should have been in Paradise,
Where souls brimful of love abide and meet,
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About Come to me
Holst's enchanting partsong for SATB voices opens with a hushed, intimate texture, the voices weaving together to evoke the fragile atmosphere of a dream. The composer masterfully captures the poignant yearning of the English text, a meditation on memory, love, and loss. The music moves with a flowing grace, at times tender and at others deeply expressive, reflecting the bittersweet nature of the lyrics. The interplay between the SATB choir builds to moments of intense feeling before subsiding back into the quiet contemplation of the opening. This is a beautifully crafted setting, ideal for choirs seeking a work of refined sentiment and delicate musicality.
