Ayres Shakespeare settings

musical settings by Paul Ayres of the words of William Shakespeare
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All the world's a stage
unison voices and piano
7'30"
As You Like It
commissioned by Magdalen College School Oxford
https://soundcloud.com/paul4141/all-the-worlds-a-stage-ayres
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/349

Blow, blow, thou winter wind
solo voice or choir with piano or guitar - flexible scoring - unison/2-part/SSA/SAB
3'00"
As You Like It
http://youtu.be/EaGNHHB8fEE
http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/16973696/Blow_blow_thou_winter_wind
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/29

Daisies
children's choir (SS) and piano
2'00"
Love's Labour's Lost
commissioned by Alexandria Choral Society
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/168

Fairies' Song
choir SSAA unaccompanied
3'20"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
https://soundcloud.com/user350556481/fairies-song-ayres
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/168

The horn, the horn, the lusty horn
solo voice and piano
2'00"
As You Like It
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/133

Icicles
SATB choir and piano
3'00"
Love's Labour's Lost
commissioned by Alexandria Choral Society
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/196

If music be the food of love
choir SSATB
2'15"
Twelfth Night
commissioned by Pittsburgh Eastern Area Youth Chorale
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/341

The isle is full of noises
choir SATB or SABar and piano
3'40"
The Tempest
winner of the 2014 Edwin Fissinger Composition Competition (North Dakota State University)
https://soundcloud.com/user350556481/the-isle-is-full-of-noises-ayres
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/344

Music to hear
voices and piano - 2-part, occasionally 3-part - optional AATTBB parts
5'00"-7'30"
Sonnet 8
https://soundcloud.com/paul4141/music-to-hear-ayres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJQsNI6abpI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKbKfkcjul4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb7tYoaWOX8 [starts at 2'50" - abridged version]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfbSST3IV6I
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/134

The quality of mercy is not strained
choir SSA and piano
3'00"
The Merchant of Venice
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/400

Take, O take those lips away
unaccompanied solo voice
0'40"
Measure for Measure
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/185

To me fair friend you never shall be old
choir SSATB
3'00"
Sonnet 104
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue/403