Shakespeare Songs #7

This is the latest in an a cappella series going back three decades where the texts have been taken from Shakespeare's plays. Come Unto These Yellow Sands is a gentle invitation to the listener, at least until the animals take over. Thou Canst Not Hit It, in this interpretation, is a song about trying to hit the high and low notes. Surrounded by comedy and tragedy, Honour, Riches, Marriage-Blessing is the idyllic center of the set. O Sweet Oliver, with its dueling boy and girl choirs, leads into Willow, Willow where the poem's word repetitions inspire a driving rhythm.