Voice & Piano SKU: ST.Y188
Composed by Morgan Hayes. Vocal music. Soprano and Piano (Range: E flat - C). 2 minutes. Vocal score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #Y188. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.Y188). ISBN 9790220220395.
1st perf: Sarah Leonard (soprano), Stephen Gutman (piano), Hoxton Hall, London, 15 July 2001
The 18th-century poet Matthew Green extols the virtues of reason as a guide to life, while the music works subtle variations on the minuet from Bach's fourth keyboard partita. Eminently suitable as an encore piece for a contemporary-song recital.
