Exhortation (Rise noble soul)

A setting of Thomas Traherne for mezzo-soprano and piano (or orchestra).

With the premiere of ‘The Crown of Life’ still echoing in my mind, I came across Traherne’s almost ecstatic visionary poem in an anthology and immediately set to finding some music for it. It was in my mind to arrange the accompaniment for orchestra, and it still is on my ‘to do’ list…

Use this link to see page 1 of the score.