Five Armitage Songs

Upper voice (soprano/tenor) and piano

Five Armitage Songs is a song-cycle celebrating the West Yorkshire heritage of Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and composer Alice Beckwith.

Duration: 14 minutes

Scoring: Upper voice and piano

Text: Simon Armitage

First performance: 25 May 2024, &Piano Festival, Slaithwaite

Performers: Sarah Fox, Joe Shovelton, Christopher Pulleyn

Subsequent performances: York Unitarian Chapel, 1300, Saturday 3 May 2025

Commissioned by the &Piano Festival with generous support from the Vaughan Williams Foundation

Note: all orders are digital (PDF/MP3) unless otherwise specified

Preview PDF score available below

N.B. Transposed score for lower voice available upon request - please email me.