Where The Marsh Plants Grow

‘Where the Marsh Plants Grow’ is so-called after the early English meaning of ‘Missenden’. I set texts from Tudor astrologer-physician Nicholas Culpeper’s ‘Culpeper’s Complete Herbal’. I have honed the analytical prose into poems of sorts. The four songs are portraits of marsh herbs, plants or flowers.

The piece lasts approximately 13 minutes. It can be for single voices or chamber choir.

This work was commissioned by the Little Missenden Festival with support from the Britten-Pears Foundation, the RVW Trust and the Friends of the Festival. The premiere performance was given by Alamire on Saturday 6th October 2012 in Little Missenden Church.