The Cherry Tree

Description

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs was a prolific and versatile English composer of the 20th century. Gibbs is best known for his output of songs, but he also wrote a considerable amount of music for the amateur choirs that he conducted. His reputation as a song-writer largely lies in his natural gift for text setting he insisted on giving priority to the words over the music and had very clear musical ideas on what a song should be.

These principles prevailed when writing The Cherry Tree in 1949. The voice is clearly put to the foreground, with the piano only supporting the singer in the background, so a confident and capable performance is needed from the soloist. Words by Margaret Rose. 

Performance time approximately 3 minutes.