Michael Hurd: The Liberty Tree (Vocal Score)

Vocal score for The Liberty Tree, by Michael Hurd. A ballad cantata, for narrator, unison voices and piano, which dramatises one of the most turbulent periods in British history.

The confrontation between Charles I and Parliament in 1642, the ensuing Civil War, execution of the King, Cromwell’s Protectorate and the eventual restoration of the monarchy, are encapsulated in this secular cantata for unison children’s voices with piano.