Composer: John Mitchell (1941-)

Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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Song Cycles, Symphonies, etc.

Five Poems by Robert Frost, op. 48

no. 1. To the Thawing Wind (Robert Frost)
no. 2. Nightscene (Robert Frost)
no. 3. Stopping by woods on a snowy evening (Robert Frost) *
no. 4. Acquainted with the night (Robert Frost) *
no. 5. Riders (Robert Frost) *

Five Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay, op. 50

no. 1. Night is my sister (Edna St. Vincent Millay) *
no. 2. Columbine (Edna St. Vincent Millay) *
no. 3. Time does not bring relief (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
no. 4. You'll be sorry (Edna St. Vincent Millay) *
no. 5. Beauty (Edna St. Vincent Millay) *

Four Poems by Sylvia Plath, op. 104

no. 1. Morning Song (Sylvia Plath) *
no. 2. The Couriers (Sylvia Plath) *
no. 3. Sheep in Fog (Sylvia Plath) *
no. 4. The Applicant (Sylvia Plath) *

Four Sacred Songs, op. 96

no. 1. A Daily Offering (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
no. 2. Pied Beauty (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
no. 3. Thee God, I come from (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
no. 4. The windhover (Gerard Manley Hopkins)

Fourteen Poems by Anne Sexton, op. 114

no. 1. The starry night (Anne Sexton) *
no. 2. The balance wheel (Anne Sexton) *
no. 3. I Remember (Anne Sexton) *
no. 4. Her kind (Anne Sexton) *
no. 5. With mercy for the Greedy (Anne Sexton) *
no. 6. Music swims back to me (Anne Sexton) *
no. 7. O Mary, fragile mother (Anne Sexton) *
no. 8. Frenzy (Anne Sexton) *
no. 9. Housewife (Anne Sexton) *
no. 10. Small wire (Anne Sexton) *
no. 11. Mr. Mine (Anne Sexton) *
no. 12. Where it was at back then (Anne Sexton) *
no. 13. Just once (Anne Sexton) *
no. 14. In Excelsis (Anne Sexton) *

La Corona, op. 89

no. 1. Deign at my hands (introduction) (John Donne)
no. 2. Salvation to all (annunciation) (John Donne)
no. 3. Immensity cloistered (nativity) (John Donne)
no. 4. With his kind mother (temple) (John Donne)
no. 5. By miracles exceeding (crucifixion) (John Donne)
no. 6. Moist with one drop (resurrection) (John Donne)
no. 7. Salute the last (ascension) (John Donne)

Seven Songs from William Blake, op. 1

no. 1. To Morning (William Blake)
no. 2. Love and harmony combine (William Blake)
no. 3. My silks and fine array (William Blake)
no. 4. Memory, hither come (William Blake)
no. 5. How sweet I roam'd (William Blake)
no. 6. The wild winds weep (William Blake)
no. 7. I love the merry dance (William Blake)

Six Sonnets by Michelangelo, op. 72

no. 1. From heaven his spirit came (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
no. 2. A heart of flaming sulphur (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
no. 3. Blest spirit (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
no. 4. He who ordained (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
no. 5. Choice soul (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
no. 6. When divine Art (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG

The Earth, the Wind, and the Sky, op. 24

no. 1. For the Moors (Emily Brontë)
no. 2. Winter Reflection (Emily Brontë)
no. 3. Tell me, tell me, smiling child (Emily Brontë)
no. 4. The darkened woods (Emily Brontë)
no. 5. Celebration (Emily Brontë)
no. 6. Evening landscape (Emily Brontë)
no. 7. I'm happiest when most away (Emily Brontë)
no. 8. In summer moonlight (Emily Brontë)
no. 9. The Old Hall (Emily Brontë)
no. 10. The harp (Emily Brontë)
no. 11. The traveler (Emily Brontë)
no. 12. A spell (Emily Brontë)
no. 13. The caged bird (Emily Brontë)
no. 14. The pessimist (Emily Brontë)
no. 15. No coward soul is mine (Emily Brontë)

Visions from the Earth, op. 17

no. 1. A vision (Emily Brontë)
no. 2. Cold in the earth (Emily Brontë)
no. 3. To Imagination (Emily Brontë)
no. 4. Come, walk with me (Emily Brontë)
no. 5. Shall Earth no more inspire thee (Emily Brontë)
no. 6. Child of Delight! (Emily Brontë) ENG
no. 7. Stars (Emily Brontë)
no. 8. The Night Wind (Emily Brontë)
no. 9. How Clear She Shines (Emily Brontë)
no. 10. The Messenger (Emily Brontë)

Visions from the Flame, op. 25

no. 1. The Voice of the Bard (William Blake)
no. 2. The lamb (William Blake) RUS
no. 3. The divine image (William Blake) RUS
no. 4. Ah! Sunflower (William Blake)
no. 5. I asked a Thief (William Blake)
no. 6. The Garden of Love (William Blake)
no. 7. The smile (William Blake)
no. 8. Mock on, mock on (William Blake)
no. 9. The tyger (William Blake) RUS GER
no. 10. Eternity (William Blake)

All titles of vocal settings in our database, in alphabetic order

A Daily Offering, op. 96 no. 1 (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
A heart of flaming sulphur, op. 72 no. 2 (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
A spell, op. 24 no. 12 (Emily Brontë)
A vision, op. 17 no. 1 (Emily Brontë)
Acquainted with the night, op. 48 no. 4 (Robert Frost) *
Ah! Sunflower, op. 25 no. 4 (William Blake)
Beauty, op. 50 no. 5 (Edna St. Vincent Millay) *
Blest spirit, op. 72 no. 3 (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
Bright or cloudy, op. 71 (Seven Journeys to Earth), Heft 1 no. 4 (Emily Brontë)
By miracles exceeding (crucifixion), op. 89 no. 5 (John Donne)
Celebration, op. 24 no. 5 (Emily Brontë)
Child of Delight!, op. 17 no. 6 (Emily Brontë) ENG
Choice soul, op. 72 no. 5 (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
Cold in the earth, op. 17 no. 2 (Emily Brontë)
Columbine, op. 50 no. 2 (Edna St. Vincent Millay) *
Come, walk with me, op. 17 no. 4 (Emily Brontë)
Death, op. 71 (Seven Journeys to Earth), Heft 1 no. 3 (Emily Brontë)
Deign at my hands (introduction), op. 89 no. 1 (John Donne)
Douglas' ride, op. 71 (Seven Journeys to Earth), Heft 1 no. 5 (Emily Brontë)
Echo, op. 90 no. 2 (Lawrence Durrell) *
Eternity, op. 25 no. 10 (William Blake)
Evening landscape, op. 24 no. 6 (Emily Brontë)
For the Moors, op. 24 no. 1 (Emily Brontë)
Frenzy, op. 114 no. 8 (Anne Sexton) *
From heaven his spirit came, op. 72 no. 1 (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
He who ordained, op. 72 no. 4 (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
Her kind, op. 114 no. 4 (Anne Sexton) *
Hope, op. 71 (Seven Journeys to Earth), Heft 1 no. 2 (Emily Brontë)
Housewife, op. 114 no. 9 (Anne Sexton) *
How Clear She Shines, op. 17 no. 9 (Emily Brontë)
How sweet I roam'd, op. 1 no. 5 (William Blake)
I asked a Thief, op. 25 no. 5 (William Blake)
I love the merry dance, op. 1 no. 7 (William Blake)
I Remember, op. 114 no. 3 (Anne Sexton) *
I'm happiest when most away, op. 24 no. 7 (Emily Brontë)
Immensity cloistered (nativity), op. 89 no. 3 (John Donne)
In Excelsis, op. 114 no. 14 (Anne Sexton) *
In summer moonlight, op. 24 no. 8 (Emily Brontë)
Just once, op. 114 no. 13 (Anne Sexton) *
La United Fruit Co., op. 95 no. 4 (Pablo Neruda) *
Love and harmony combine, op. 1 no. 2 (William Blake)
Lullaby, op. 71 (Seven Journeys to Earth), Heft 3 no. 3 (Emily Brontë)
Memory, hither come, op. 1 no. 4 (William Blake)
Mock on, mock on, op. 25 no. 8 (William Blake)
Moist with one drop (resurrection), op. 89 no. 6 (John Donne)
Morning Song, op. 104 no. 1 (Sylvia Plath) *
Mr. Mine, op. 114 no. 11 (Anne Sexton) *
Muerte, op. 95 no. 1 (Federico García-Lorca) * ENG
Music swims back to me, op. 114 no. 6 (Anne Sexton) *
My lady dreams, op. 71 (Seven Journeys to Earth), Heft 1 no. 1 (Emily Brontë)
My silks and fine array, op. 1 no. 3 (William Blake)
Night is my sister, op. 50 no. 1 (Edna St. Vincent Millay) *
Nightscene, op. 48 no. 2 (Robert Frost)
No coward soul is mine, op. 24 no. 15 (Emily Brontë)
O Mary, fragile mother, op. 114 no. 7 (Anne Sexton) *
Ode On A Grecian Urn, op. 94 (John Keats)
Pied Beauty, op. 96 no. 2 (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Riders, op. 48 no. 5 (Robert Frost) *
Salute the last (ascension), op. 89 no. 7 (John Donne)
Salvation to all (annunciation), op. 89 no. 2 (John Donne)
Sátira filosófica, op. 103 no. 2 (Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz)
Shall Earth no more inspire thee, op. 17 no. 5 (Emily Brontë)
Sheep in Fog, op. 104 no. 3 (Sylvia Plath) *
Small wire, op. 114 no. 10 (Anne Sexton) *
Stars, op. 17 no. 7 (Emily Brontë)
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening, op. 48 no. 3 (Robert Frost) *
Tell me, tell me, smiling child, op. 24 no. 3 (Emily Brontë)
The Applicant, op. 104 no. 4 (Sylvia Plath) *
The balance wheel, op. 114 no. 2 (Anne Sexton) *
The caged bird, op. 24 no. 13 (Emily Brontë)
The Couriers, op. 104 no. 2 (Sylvia Plath) *
The darkened woods, op. 24 no. 4 (Emily Brontë)
The divine image, op. 25 no. 3 (William Blake) RUS
The Dream, op. 51 no. 4 (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
The Garden of Love, op. 25 no. 6 (William Blake)
The harp, op. 24 no. 10 (Emily Brontë)
The lamb, op. 25 no. 2 (William Blake) RUS
The Messenger, op. 17 no. 10 (Emily Brontë)
The Night Wind, op. 17 no. 8 (Emily Brontë)
The Old Hall, op. 24 no. 9 (Emily Brontë)
The pessimist, op. 24 no. 14 (Emily Brontë)
The return from town, op. 51 no. 5 (Edna St. Vincent Millay) *
The smile, op. 25 no. 7 (William Blake)
The starry night, op. 114 no. 1 (Anne Sexton) *
The traveler, op. 24 no. 11 (Emily Brontë)
The tyger, op. 25 no. 9 (William Blake) RUS GER
The Voice of the Bard, op. 25 no. 1 (William Blake)
The wild swans, op. 51 no. 2 (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
The wild winds weep, op. 1 no. 6 (William Blake)
The windhover, op. 96 no. 4 (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Thee God, I come from, op. 96 no. 3 (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Time does not bring relief, op. 50 no. 3 (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
To Dorothy, op. 90 no. 1 (Marvin Bell) *
To Imagination, op. 17 no. 3 (Emily Brontë)
To Morning, op. 1 no. 1 (William Blake)
To the Thawing Wind, op. 48 no. 1 (Robert Frost)
Travel, op. 51 no. 3 (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Último árbol, op. 103 no. 3 (Gabriela Mistral) *
When divine Art, op. 72 no. 6 (John Addington Symonds after Michelangelo Buonarroti) ENG
Where it was at back then, op. 114 no. 12 (Anne Sexton) *
Winter Reflection, op. 24 no. 2 (Emily Brontë)
With his kind mother (temple), op. 89 no. 4 (John Donne)
With mercy for the Greedy, op. 114 no. 5 (Anne Sexton) *
You'll be sorry, op. 50 no. 4 (Edna St. Vincent Millay) *

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