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'Howard Blake Songcycles' (op.728)
'The Snowman A Cappella' (op.726)
'Disgraced, Forgiven' (op.727)
'Faith Alone Is Our Salvation' (op.724)
'The Enchantment Of Venus For Bass Trombone And Piano' (op.722)
'Lorelay' (op.721)
'Country Sunday' (op.707)
'*pennillion For Tenor Recorder And Harp' (op.720)
'*meditations For Two Violins' (op.716)
'*soliloquy For Solo Cello' (op.712)
'Walking In The Air A Cappella' (op.706)
'*la Meva Terra' (op.704)
'*agatha Orchestral Suite' (op.702)
'The Bear Concert Version With Projected Film' (op.697)
''walking In The Air' Specially Arranged For Katherine Jenkins' (op.695)
'Walking In The Air For Solo Violin, Solo Cello And String Orchestra' (op.691)
'*concertino For Harp And Strings - Theme From 'the Changeling'' (op.688)
'Sleepwalking For Soprano Vocalise And String Orchestra' (op.687)
'Elegia Stravagante, Duo Concertante For Solo Violin, Solo Cello And Orchestra' (op.686)
'*howard Blake Songbook' (op.684)
''walking In The Air' Duet Version For Tenor, Treble, And String Orchestra' (op.681)
'*piano Quintet - Fantasy - 'a Midsummer Night's Dream' For Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Piano And Soprano' (op.677)
'*the Land Of Counterpane - An Animated Film Of The Song-cycle' (op.664)
'*the Snowman Rhapsody For Solo Piano' (op.663)
'Midsummer Night's Dream - Suite For Orchestra' (op.656)
'*piano Trio No. 3 Elegia Stravagante' (op.654)
'*prelude For Vova' (op.640)
'Bassoon Concerto' (op.607b)
'*violin Concerto 'requiem To The Memory Of A Most True And Saintly Soul'' (op.441)
'*piano Concerto' (op.412)

AS YOU LIKE IT op.347 (April 1985)

Songs and incidental music for a production of the play at the Royal Shakespeare Company's theatre in Stratford, directed by Adrian Noble
Published by: Highbridge Music Ltd
Commissioned by: The Royal Shakespeare Company
Instrumentation: Theatre ensemble
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Duration: 40 mins
First Performance: Stratford April 1985
Recordings Available
'Sweet Swan of Avon' English Serenata, Meridian CDE 84301

Notes

Director: Adrian Noble, designer Bob Crowley

Howard later extended and adapted some of the songs from this production to create the concert song-cycle 'Shakespeare Songs'

Related Works

'*SHAKESPEARE SONGS (for tenor and string quartet)' op.378 (July 1987) (Audio Sample Available)
A song-cycle commissioned for Chester Festival
'WEDDING MARCH FOR ORGAN' op.397 (June 1989)
An organ voluntary, based on music for the Wedding Hymn composed for 'As you like it' for the RSC
'SHAKESPEARE SONGS FOR MEZZO-SOPRANO' op.414 (June 1990)
Arrangement in D major by the composer transposed from the original for tenor and string quartet in E

Related Autobiography Chapters

'DIVERSIONS' FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA , 'FUSIONS' FOR BRASS (1985)

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