A rune of hospitality (recorder quartet version)

Digital Sheet Music

By David Warin Solomons

Item Number: S0.20453

I was entranced by the poem translated from an ancient rune by the Rev. Kenneth Macleod and I set it to music many years ago, originally calling it "The Crofter's Song".( - see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6LBAMfAaRk )it concerns a poor Scottish crofter who welcomes a strangerto his humble croft, feeds and entertains him, and finds blessing, ...for the stranger was Christ.This was one of the first of my songs using the Dorian mode.The following versions are available hereThe original song for alto and guitarA version for recorder quartet A version for flute and guitarA version for clarinet and guitarandA more complex version for recorder, guitar, piano and cello .

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