The Flowering Branch
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DOUGLAS LILBURN / STEPHEN MCNEFF / ANTHONY RICHIE / MALCOLM WILLIAMSON / LOUISE E. MATTHEWS
The Flowering Branch
Christopher Bowen (tenor), Matthew Marshall (guitar)
[ Rattle Records / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 13 November 2026
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This beautifully performed, highly enjoyable album features songs for tenor and classical guitar. The genesis for the project dates back to 2010, when Christopher and Matthew first teamed up to perform concerts together. However, as they live at opposite ends of the globe, it took fifteen years before this recording could be realised. The Flowering Branch is the result of an intensive period of work by these two outstanding artists to bring this rarely heard music to the world.
Featuring compositions by Douglas Lilburn, Stephen McNeff, Anthony Ritchie, Malcolm Williamson, and Louise E. Matthews, with lyrics by Dennis Glover, Charles Causley, Iain Lonie, Bernadette Hall, Owen Marshall, and William Shakespeare.
Tracks:
Sings Harry 1, These Songs Will Not Stand
Sings Harry 2, When I Am Old
Sings Harry 3, Once the Days
Sings Harry 4, The Casual Man
Sings Harry 5, The Flowers of the Sea
Sings Harry 6, I Remember
Eden Rock Mvt 1, Elizabethan Sailor's Song
Eden Rock Mvt 2, A Certain Man
Eden Rock Mvt 3, Faure
Eden Rock Mvt 4, Eden Rock
Five Dunedin Songs 1, Collection Day
Five Dunedin Songs 2, Lovesong
Five Dunedin Songs 3, My Toaster Tells the Time
Five Dunedin Songs 4, Song
Five Dunedin Songs 5, Tomahawk Sonnet
Three Shakespeare Songs 1, Come Away, Death
Three Shakespeare Songs 2, Full Fathom Five
Three Shakespeare Songs 3, Fear No More the Heat of the Sun
South Island Songs 1, Hanging In
South Island Songs 2, Local Knowledge
South Island Songs 3, South Island Prayer
