Flower of the Month – March
1st March 2026
Flower of the Month
March
Winds and Clouds
Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
from “Songs of the Months”
published by A J Novello, December 1834
for solo voice and piano
Frances M Lynch – Voice
Laurence Panter – piano
Lauren Lister – British Sign Language
Extract from a live performance of
“Flowers of the Seasons – Politics Power & Poverty”
on Feb 25th 2024 at St John’s ARC, Harlow
More information about the song and the composer can be found here
In nature the flower of the month is the Daffodil – the beginning of something new
YouTube Recordings of the Songs of the Months can be found 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.
