Flower of the Month – June
1st June 2024
In nature the flower of this month is the rose – a universal symbol of love.
Click on the picture to listen to Eliza Flower’s Song of the Month
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June
“Summer Song for the Open Air”
Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
from “Songs of the Months”
published by A J Novello
December 1834
for acapella voices
performed by The Flower Singers from
ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE’S
Young Singers Programme
In nature the flower of this month is the rose – a universal symbol of love.
YouTube Recordings of the Songs of the Months will be released online each month throughout 2024.
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 veer 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.
