Ella Grainger
FAREWELL TO AN ATOLL for voice and piano
Bardic Edition BDE1045
for voice (man’s or woman’s) and piano. Ella Grainger’s Farewell to an atoll is a setting of one of her own poems to her own original melody, which was harmonized and scored by Percy Grainger between 1944 and 1945. The song was inspired by a painting of a coral atoll given to Ella by the New Zealand artist and singing teacher, Hugh Nevill-Smith. The painting currently hangs in the Grainger Home and Studio in White Plains, NY. Originally recorded by Pearl Records (Pearl SHE 572), this song has recently been rereleased as part of a 3-CD set by Heritage Records (English Art Song: HTGCD 306) performed by David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) & David Owen Norris (piano).
Duration 1¾ minutes
Duration 1¾ minutes

