The Sweet Primroses is a work by Judith Weir for Mezzo-Soprano Voice and Viola. Commissioned by the University of Birmingham for the CrossCurrents Festival 2016 the first performance was in February2016 at the University's Elgar Concert Hall. A full performance lasts around 3 minutes.  When composing this piece Weir challenged herself to write down as much as she could remember of one ofher favourite English folk songs. The Voice sings the resulting narrative while the Viola part represents the limits of memory.

The ultimate R&H source for singers with a unique song list for each voice type. Each volume includes an introduction about each show and plot notes for each song plus a Rodgers & Hammerstein biography.The series represents 10 musicals: Oklahoma! Carousel State Fair Allegro South Pacific The King and I Me and Juliet Cinderella Flower Drum Song and The Sound of Music.These packages include two companion CDs one featuring full performances and the other Piano accompaniments. The CDs work in all CD players but are also enhanced CD-ROMs with tempo adjustment software that will work in all PCs and Macintoshcomputers.Mezzo-Soprano edition includes: Bali Ha'i; A Cockeyed Optimist; The Gentleman Is a Dope; Honey Bun; I Cain't Say No; I Enjoy Being a Girl; In My Own Little Corner; It Might As Well Be Spring; Love Look Away; My Favorite Things; Something Wonderful; Stepsisters' Lament; Ten Minutes Ago; We Deserve Each Other; A Wonderful Guy; You'll Never Walk Alone.

This collection of 18 easy supplementary repertory songs all in English augments selections in Easy Songs for the Beginning Mezzo-Soprano Easy Songs for the Beginning Mezzo-Soprano_Part II and the three volumes of The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto. Audio recordings of accompaniments can be accessed online by using the unique code inside each book. The audio files can be streamed or downloaded. Contents: Birds in the Night (Sullivan) · Cradle Song (Schubert) · The Forsaken Maid (Wilson) · Hymn to the Night (Campbell-Tipton) · I Have Twelve Oxen (Ireland) · I Will Go with My Father A-ploughing (Quilter) · It Was a Lover and His Lass (Clough-Leighter) · Jeanette and HerLittle Wooden Shoes (Herbert) · Love Is a Sickness Full of Woes (Parker) · O Bid Your Faithful Ariel Fly (Linley) · Should He Upbraid (Bishop) · Spring Comes Laughing (Carew) · Tears (Tchaikovsky) · Two Roses (Gilberté) · Under the Greenwood Tree (Buzzi-Peccia) · The Valley of Laughter (Sanderson) · The Winds Are Calling (Ronald) · Without Thee (Gounod).

Arias for Mezzo-Soprano-Diction lessons on each aria in the series recorded by top language coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School plus International Phonetic Alphabet and word for word translationsWith thesebook/audio packages that match the standard aria collections edited by Robert L. Larsen any singer anywhere has access to the best diction coaching available at a very affordable price. Each aria is recorded twice. In the firstversion the coach recites the text as an actor would speak it showing flow of the language and the mood. The second version is a slow deliberate lesson allowing time for the student to repeat each line. These experiencedlanguage coaches adapt the ?R? in German and French in the slow versions for singers. They also are very sensitive to liaisons between word sounds in the musical settings. The book includes International PhoneticAlphabet for each aria and word for word translations.The native speaking professional diction coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School are: Corradina Caporello for Italian Pierre Vallet forFrench Irene Spiegelman for German Kathryn LaBouff for English Yveta Synek Graff for Czech and Gina Levinson for Russian. The audio is accessible online for download or streaming. Companion to 50481098 Arias forMezzo-Soprano.

Ed. E. Battaglia-Nicola Vaccai's Practical Vocal Method (Mezzo-Soprano Baritone) is complete and scrupulous providing an ideal preparation for a certain type of 'pre-Rossinian vocalism' which is attracting renewed interest. This edition is a critical and technical revision of the composer's original work by Elio Battaglia.The completeness and centrality of Vaccai's method is further demonstrated by the practical examples on the accompanying CD. The CD contains a recording of the whole method for both female and male voice.

This unique and exciting series gives you the chance to learn some of the greatest arias of the Opera tradition with full orchestral backing tracks. A selection of operatic showstoppers have been presented in full notation with concert accompaniments for Piano. Furthermore a professionally recorded CD is included that features the full-scale orchestral arrangement of each aria so you can experience the power and magic of a grand-scale performance. There's even a version of each featuring an established singer so you can hear the piece in full.An excellent rehearsal tool or the ideal way to introduce your voice to the wonders and rigors of the Opera.

A movement from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace from Adiemus composer Karl Jenkins. Recently performed by Hayley Westenra on her best-selling album Pure.

Contains: BELLINI I Capuleti e i Montecchi Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio - MASSENET Werther Scena della lettera - PONCHIELLI La Gioconda Stella del marinar - VERDI Il trovatore Condotta allera in ceppi - VERDI Don Carlo La canzone del velo - BIZET Carmen En vain pour éviter - CILEA Arlesiana Esser madre è un inferno

Compiled by Joan Frey Boytim. Each volume contains several very easy songs progressing to moderate difficulty. Includes a wide variety of music focusing primarily on literature in English with art songs folk songs andsacred songs.

A great vocal collection of ten musical theatre classics in their original keys. Includes matching CD with full performances of each song by professional artists and piano accompaniments for practice.