Flower of the Month – August
Sunday 13th August
Flower of the Month
August
The Harvests of Time
Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
for solo voice and piano
from “Songs of the Months”
published by A J Novello
December 1834
performed by
Laurence Panter – Tenor & Piano
Find out more about the song and performer here
In nature the flower of this month is Gladiolus which seems to have all kinds of meanings attached to it from strength to healing, love and remembrance.
Recordings of the Songs of the Months are being released online each month,
beginning on February 14th 2023, and ending on Jan 1st 2024.
You can listen to all of those published so far HERE
The composer of each of the 12 songs is Eliza Flower (1803 – 1846), who set poetry provided by her close knit circle of literary friends, mainly women, including her sister Sarah Flower Adams. The result is an eclectic mix of songs which vere from romantic to dramatic harmony and from simple beauty to lively humour.
The short editorial introduction explains that each song appeared throughout 1834 in the Monthly Repository – a publication associated with South Place Chapel where Flower’s life and work was based.
