Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b (Finzi)
Movements
i I say, ‘I’ll seek her side’, ii O Fair to See, iii As I lay in the early sun, vii Since we loved
Notes
Gerald Raphael Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Unlike previous publications of Gerald Finzi’s songs, Oh Fair To See contains the poetry of six poets: Thomas Hardy, Christina Rossetti, Edward Shanks, Ivor Gurney, Edmund Blunden and Robert Bridges. Robert Bridges’ poem Since We Loved has the distinction of being Finzi’s last before his death.
