COMPOSER : Alexandra Lehmann

Golden Daffodils

Based on William Wordsworth's "The Daffodils"

Why Wordsworth’s Daffodils?

The Head teacher at St Peter’s Middle School, Old Windsor, Rob Entwistle, used to read Daffodils every Spring; and it struck a chord within me.

Golden Daffodils is dedicated to all those who, like the daffodils in W. Wordsworth’s poem brighten up our lives: who make us walk more light-footed

Verses of Daffodils depicted in the music are:

[Bars5-8] I wander'd lonely as a cloud that floats o'er vales and hills 

[Bars 9-13] When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils

[Bars 14-18] Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze

[Bars 19-25] Tossing their heads in a sprightly dance

[Bars 26-29] I gazed and gazed -but little thought

[Bars 30-35 & 36-46] What wealth the show to me had brought

[Bars 48-51] For oft. in vacant or in pensive mood

[Bars 52 - 53] My heart with pleasure fills

[Bars 54-62 & 82-94] And dances with the daffodils.

Scored For :

• Flute
• Oboe
• Clarinet in Bb
• Bassoon