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This is a deeply emotional song by Ivor Gurney: Sleep. What strikes me about this piece, is the way it's related to the life of the poet. Ivor Gurney, himself a soldier and poet, fought in the first World War and was left deeply traumatized and mental instable after the war. This song expresses the wish for escape through sleep from unrest and grief. What do you think about this piece? Share your thoughts below in the comments!

Composition: Sleep (From: 5 Elizabethan Songs) - Ivor Gurney

Sung by Roy van Vugt (19 years old)
Piano: Jean-Baptiste Milon

The poem, written by John Fletcher:

Come, sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving
Lock me in delight awhile;
Let some pleasing dream beguile
All my fancies, that from thence
I may feel an influence,
All my powers of care bereaving.

Tho’ but a shadow, but a sliding,
Let me know some little joy.
We, that suffer long annoy,
Are contented with a thought
Thro’ an idle fancy wrought:
O let my joys have some abiding.

Recorded on September 24, 2025 in the Theater aan de Schie, Schiedam during a lunchconcert.
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