Britten Thematic Catalogue

BTC771 A POISON TREE

Song for medium voice and piano

Composition date: 2 Mar 1935

First performance: 22 Nov 1986 >>

Type of performance: Concert performance

Location: Wigmore Hall, London

Performance details:

Henry Herford bar, Ian Brown pf

Genre: Solo vocal

Text: William Blake (1757-1827)

Duration: 3'

Composed for baritone. Britten included another setting of this text (also for baritone) in Songs and proverbs of William Blake, op. 74.

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