L’amour de moy
“L’amour de moy” (English title: The Garden and the Nightingale) was commissioned for the Intermediate Choir of the L.A. Children’s Chorus, and premiered by them in June 2008 at Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, with Mandy Brigham conducting. Its character is light and lively.
| Descriptive Tags: | Animals, Birds, Children, Folksong, Love |
| Difficulty: | Medium, Intermediate |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
| Instrumentation: | Oboe, Piano |
| Language: | English, French |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Season or Event: | Concert, General, Love, Spring, Valentine's Day |
| Voicing: | SA |
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