Come Sleep

This prize-winning a cappella work by a talented young Australian composer has intrigued all who have heard it. Harmonically rich, it is a masterful example of how to create musical drama via great melodic interest, combined with exquisite tonal shifts realized through superb voice leading. The text is by John Fletcher, who was a contemporary of Shakespeare. "Come, sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving lock me in delight awhile; let some pleasing dreams beguile all my fancies..."