SKU: PE.EP67620
ISBN 9790300742632.
from poems of John Ashbery: I. I Had Thought; II. The Painter; III. Sonnet; IV. At North Farm; V. Landscape; VI. Faust; VII. Hotel Lautreamont; VIII. Myrtle; IX. Illustration (I and II); Debit Night (a television docu-drama commissioned for this composition and recorded by Mr. Ashbery) [The following can be performed out of context: Sonnet, At North Farm, Faust, Myrtle, Illustrations I and II.] (Commissioned by the Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest Commission Program)
SKU: C4.9790-902250535
ISBN 9790902250535. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.
Woodside's setting of American satirical poet and author Dorothy Parker peers into her world and thoughts and perfectly captures both. Her acid wit and raw truth is mirrored in the sometimes brusque, sometimes reflective writing.
SKU: PR.141400940
UPC: 680160639571. 9 x 12 inches. Text: Paula Gunn Allen. Paula Allen.
A dynamic and heartfelt setting of text by Native American poet Paula Gunn Allen, What the Moon Said is a multifaceted affair, reflecting its source. Piano reduction; Baritone with string quartet is also available.This 9-minute work is a setting of the beautiful and evocative poem of the same name by NativeAmerican poet Paula Gunn Allen. Lauren Bernofsky was drawn to its strong, yet changing, moods.The resulting piece moves through several characters: lonely and austere; angry; warm and content;reflective. In between each mood the music returns to an echo of the opening austere music, tyingthe piece together into an enchanting whole. The composer herself is a violinist, and so the stringwriting is idiomatic and highly effective.
SKU: BT.MUSM570365081
English.
Composed in 2012, the two pieces in Sadie Harrison’s Heartoutbursts! take their inspiration from traditional English folk. ' ...in the folk-song there is to be found the complete history of a people, recorded by the race itself, through the heartoutbursts of its healthiest output. It is a history compiled with deeper feeling and more understanding than can be found among the dates and data of thegreatest historian... '(Percy Grainger 1922) In 1905, Joseph Taylor won a Lincolnshire folksong competition with his rendition of Brigg Fair , a song he had learnt from a gypsy. Australian composer Percy Grainger subsequently published a setting in his Lincolnshire Posy , with Delius usingthe tune in his rhapsody, Brigg Fair . Both composers sought to vivify the tradition of English folksong, celebrating not only the ancient tunes and words but also the qualities of particular folksingers like Joseph Taylor. Harrison’s own Australian Heartoutbursts! follow unashamedly in the Grainger tradition with echoes of the original folktunes underpinning both songs Brigg Fair and The Seeds of Love . Although different in character, both texts use similar images as analogies for the joys and despairing associated with love - the lark and violet symbolize youth, the lily as virginity, the red rose as true love, and the willow representing falsehood and abandonment.
SKU: PR.111402730
UPC: 680160669141. 9 x 12 inches. Text: Various. Various.
Adler has penned a new cycle of songs for baritone voice, all based on texts of love and/or dreams by a selection of 19th century poets. This includes: 1. Love is a Hunter-Boy (Thomas Moore); 2. He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (William Butler Yeats); 3. Shapes and Signs (James Clarence Mangan); 4. The Dream Teller (Padric Gregory); 5. Ode (Arthur O'Shaughnessy).
SKU: SU.32040041
Baritone Voice & Piano Duration: 17' Composed: 2014 Published by: Amy Mills Music, LLC These three art songs can be performed independently or in sequence, at any time of the year. Stuart McAlpine’s profound text explores three men from the Christmas story, Joseph, the Inn-keeper, and Simeon. The creative and beautiful musical settings allow for powerfully dramatic interpretation and performance. To Joseph (who taught me how to look at art) The singer sings to Joseph, …you beheld a work of art, the making of a holy heart… and watching through Joseph’s eyes, when hung at last, its meaning was decreed. (4:40) The Inn-keeper’s Lament McAlpine brilliantly explores the possibility…what if the inn-keeper who turned away Mary & Joseph later became the inn-keeper who accepted the injured man brought in by the Good Samaritan? This powerfully dramatic piece depicts the Bethlehem inn-keeper’s bravado, Caeser’s decree was heaven sent, as guests raised glasses, I raised rent! But as the enormity of his mistake became apparent, in later years he bemoans, …if I’d known then what I know now… and finally declares at the end, I know now! (7:50) Simeon’s Last Prayer Simeon sings of being summoned to the temple where he holds his infant Savior. …then as grandfathers do, rejoiced as if he were my one-and-only too. As he leaves he whispers his final prayer, …dismiss your servant, to find You face-to-face. (4:30) Difficulty Level: Baritone/Mezzo-Soprano 6 (Professional) (Baritone Range: low A (optional low G) to high F# (optional high G,A) (Mezzo Range: low A (optional low G) to high G (optional high A) Piano 6 (Professional)(Same level as Debussy or Ravel) See also the version for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano See composer website for audio sample.
SKU: PR.111402050
UPC: 680160607952. Poem by Mark Strand. Poem by Mark Strand.
