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Domus infelix est (2013)

James MacMillan

Plays: 2356

(The House is Unhappy)

for SATB chorus and violin

(opening)

Duration: 01 mins 55 secs

The Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton
Signum SIGCD575

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Text heard on Sample:

Domus infelix es
Vere infelix es;
Nil mi placet apud me
Dum abest dominus.

There’s nae luck aboot the house
There’s nae luck at a’
There’s little pleasure in the hoose
Since the lord’s gone awa.

Poem attributed to William Mickle (1734-88)

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