Follow your saint

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry was a prominent English composer of the late Romantic era. This SATB four-part setting, Follow your saint, is a secular piece that captures the dramatic intensity of its English text. The words describe a lover’s desperate plea to a distant, scornful beloved, urging that the music itself should pursue her, even unto death. The setting is designed to convey the anguish and passion of the text, with moments of both pleading and explosive despair. It is a fine example of the English part-song tradition of the period, suitable for a skilled choir seeking to express strong emotional content.