A MIDSUMMER NOON IN THE AUSTRALIAN FOREST

A Midsummer Noon in the Australian Forest (2018) is written for SSA or SATB and piano, and is suitable for Secondary school and adult choirs. It is based on the descriptive historic poem of the same title by Australian poet Charles Harpur (1813-1868). It was first published in The Empire magazine 1851, and later in the poet’s poetry collection Poems. This poem describes the quietness and beauty among the hardship of the colonial Australian land.

Not a sound disturbs the air, There is quiet everywhere;

Over plains and over woods What a mighty stillness broods!

All the birds and insects keep Where the coolest shadows sleep

Even the busy ants are found Resting in their pebbled mound;

Even the locust clingeth now Silent to the barky bough:

Over hills and over plains Quiet, vast and slumbrous, reigns…” Charles Harpur

Key SSA: Db Major; SATB: Eb Major

Tempo    Adagio espressivo

Length    3′ 39”





Score sample   A-Midsummer-Noon-in-the-Australian-Forest-p1-1.pdf

Video sample 

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