The Oxford Comment

When I am laid in earth – Henry Purcell, arr. Stanley Hoffman


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For soprano solo and SATB unaccompanied
In this innovative arrangement Stanley M. Hoffman takes Henry Purcell's most popular solo aria, the 'Lament' from his opera 'Dido and Aeneas', and reimagines it as a work for unaccompanied soprano solo and SATB choir, thus making a staple of the solo song repertoire available for choral performance.
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The Oxford CommentBy Oxford University Press