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Eight madrigals by Thomas Morley SATB, SSAT, SSATB and SATTB Edited by E H Fellowes. Revised by Thurston Dart CONTENTS Clorinda false (SATB) Come lovers follow me (SSAT) Fire, fire my heart (SSATB) Leave, alas, this tormenting (SSATB) Love took his bow and arrow (SATTB) Now is the gentle season (with The fields abroad) (SATB) Now is the month of Maying (SATTB) Shoot false love, I care not (SSATB)

Composer's notes:The Fool is a time-honoured Orthodox religious figure: a Saint the highest of all who discards everything for Christ's sake. He discards all convention all decency all wealth actual and spiritual and turns himself into a figure of fun - defying all acceptable behaviour - and all religious decency. He stands in the square and lets down his trousers - he stuffs himself with food on Good Friday - he gets drunk - he 'appears'to fornicate wildly. There is a faint possibility (in not the highest of 'Fools') of gaining worldly popularity by such flagrant denial of all moral behaviour. Can such behaviour be too interesting? The true fool however embraces all of this and also (unseen) shrinks before the face of his God. By his behaviour he plucks out all hypocrisy false piety and corruption. He is a figure much needed in our times!!! The way I have tried to tacklethis extraordinary subject is to show him in seven stages from an obscene huge fat traditional clown who is drunk fornicating etc. through a stumbling frail agonized figure to a sallow-faced gaunt business man in a formalsuit staring at an empty glass. Having first revered him then mocked him the 'people' while they get drunk and jabber away at 'Christmas' and at the Feast of Feasts 'Easter' are no longer aware of him. But the audience seeshim - a tiny ragged scrap of mortality lying in a corner and faintly so faintly the voice of the Fool the true Fool for Christ's sake sings above the ribald crowd. 'He has given His life'. The Gogmagogs are the 'people' 'priests' 'singers' etc. and one male singer who can 'create' or 'uncreate' this vast role (singing and acting miming etc.) John Tavener Arranged for SSATBB chorus. Date of composition 2000. Chorus part only.

How Deep Is Your Love was the first in a string of six consecutive #1 hits for the Bee Gees in the late '70s and was featured in the soundtrack of the film Saturday Night Fever. It employs their iconic use of breathy vocals and high falsetto to achieve its disco vibe. The tune was more recently covered by UK band Take That for their greatest hits album. Arranged here for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment.