“A Charm of Lullabies“ came about like this… In 1947, when we had staged “The Rape of Lucretia“ in Holland, Nancy was asked to return there for a series of recitals in January, 1948. Britten heard about this and asked if she would like him to write some songs for the recital programme. The idea of setting a group of lullabies was, of course, his – but I helped in the search for poems sufficiently contrasted in mood and style to keep the audience interested and alert. That necessity largely accou...

• A Cradle Song (W. Blake)
• The Highland Balou (R. Burns)
• Sephestia's Lullaby (R. Greene)
• A Charm (T. Randolph)
• The Nurse's Song (J. Philip)