Bassi, James - Harpsonnets

for SATB and harp Settings of four Shakespeare sonnets that offer great contrasts in tone and mood. Each poem centres on the object of the poet's love in a different aspect: as the beloved one, the desired one, the one missed, the one longed for, and the one celebrated.

CONTENTS

• Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
• How like a winter hath my absence been
• How oft when thou, my music, music play'st
• Devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws