for Baritone and Piano. Par PHILIPS JULIAN. Swift Partitions by Julian Philips is a 13-minute set of songs for baritone and piano. This setting of eight short poems by American poet Emily Dickinson, each exploring her relationship to the sea, is not narrative, but instead alternates philosophical meditations on the sea (Songs 1, 3, 5 8) with more immediate \'encounters\': a surreal walk with the sea (Song 2), two near drownings (Songs 4 5) and a river\'s almost erotic desire to join the ocean (Song 8). 1. An Everywhere of Silver 2. I started Early ? took my Dog 3. Though the great Waters sleep 4. The waters chased him as he fled 5. Water makes many Beds 6. Three times ? we parted ? Breath ? and I 7. Fortitude incarnate 8. My River runs to thee Completed in June 1998, Swift Partitions was commissioned by the Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams, with funds from the Arts Council of Wales, and premiered with pianist Nigel Foster, at St Mary\'s Church Warwick, on 9 July 1998. The score (EP 73505) is available for sale. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Baryton et Piano

for Mezzo Soprano and Piano. Par SOREY TYSHAWN. Death by Tyshawn Sorey was commissioned by the L. A. Opera for a streaming premiere by mezzo-soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms in February 2021, with pianist Howard Watkins. Its text, by the great Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, imagines just a glimmer of light dawning over a bleak, nightmarish landscape, haunted by death, which the composer explicitly connects to \'the current conditions and precarity of Black life in America in the 20th and 21st centuries\'. (Dunbar himself died in 1906 at the age of 33). This slow and melancholy setting expands the poem into a five-minute lament. This piano/vocal score includes the full text of the poem as well as a brief program note from the composer. Clarifying the racial contexts surrounding the piece, Sorey requests that the roles of both vocalist and pianist be played exclusively by Black American performers. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Mezzo-Soprano et Piano

Par HOWARD EMILY. Two Songs after Friday Afternoons by Emily Howard is a 5-minute work for children?s choir and piano. With texts by Selma Dimitrijevic the two songs are called 1. Big Bums 2. Pi (A Pie?) / Date parution : 2022-04-12/ Répertoire / Voix Haute et Piano

for Upper Voices and Orchestra. The Lost Words by composer James Burton takes its inspiration and text from the award-winning ?cultural phenomenon? and book of the same name by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris: a book that was, in turn, a creative response to the removal of everyday nature words like acorn, newt and otter from a new edition of a widely used children?s dictionary. Both the book and Burton?s 32-minute work, which is written in 12 short movements for upper-voice choir in up to 3 voice parts (with either orchestral or piano accompaniment), celebrates each lost word with a beautiful poem or ?spell?, magically brought to life in Burton?s music. At its heart, the work delivers a powerful message about the need to close the gap between childhood and the natural world. Burton?s piece was co-commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society for the Hallé Children?s Choir and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The piano accompaniment version was premiered at the Tanglewood Festival in 2019 by the Boston Symphony Children?s Choir, of which Burton is founder and director. The Hallé Children?s Choir will premiere the orchestral version of the full work in Manchester, UK, post-pandemic.

Roderick Williams's 'Exultate' is an exuberant piece taking its text from the first 4 verses of Psalm 81 for SATB choir, soprano saxophone and percussion (4 tom-tom drums, or similar).

Par ALBERGA ELEANOR. My Heart Danceth by Eleanor Alberga, written for SSAATTBB unaccompanied voices. Commissioned by the Birmingham Bach Choir with financial assistance from West Midlands Arts, and first performed on 15th December 2007 in the CBSO Centre, Birmingham, with Neil Ferris conducting as part of the concluding concert of ?Joubertaide 2007?, a nationwide series of concerts celebrating the eightieth birthday of John Joubert, composer and patron of the Choir./ Répertoire / Choeur SSAATTBB

'Un beau jour' de Madama Butterfly. Comprend trois versions: haute voix (tonalité originale Gb), moyenne voix (E) et à voix basse (D). Introduction, notes de performance et le guide phonétique par Gordon Stewart. Traductions d'introduction et les paroles en français, allemand et italien.Un de la soprano arias plus jouée, la vision de papillon de sa rencontre avec Pinkerton a besoin d'être imaginatif et comme par magie communiqué, en particulier le sentiment de la distance et son approche progressive. Une partie de la série 'Opera Arias Audition', conçu pour répondre aux besoins des jeunes chanteurs et propose des airs d'audition populaires dans plusieurs touches en une seule publication. / Voix Et Piano

Those interested in French music have often had reason to be grateful to Roger Nichols; his writings on Debussy Ravel Messiaen and Poulenc are indispensable to the music lover.Nichols now turns his attentions to the mélodie where it is his mission to encourage singers to explore beyond the well-trodden paths of French song. In these two anthologies he does not ignore masterpieces by composers of the stature of Fauré and Duparc but sets them alongside music - almost impossible to find elsewhere in print - by such under-estimated figures as Reber Viardot Massé and Paladilhe.Even the more celebrated songs are often not easilyfound in practical editions which makes this selection an ideal starting point for wider exploration. In each of these volumes the songs appear in the chronological order of their composer's birth but Nichols somehow contrives a line-up of music which seems delightfully arbitrary at the same time as carefully designed to enrich everyone's understanding of the mélodie. The books also contain a remarkable amount of scholarship lightly worn and pithily expressed.As well as complete translations of the songs there is a useful and concise introduction on singing in French together with an illuminating historical note and critical commentary; and Nichols gives full due to the poets who were of crucial importance in the development of the mélodie tradition.Complete with translations and guidance on pronunciationNiedermeyer Le Lac (Meditation poétique)Berlioz AbsenceGounod Ô ma belle RebelleViardot Fleur desséchéeFranck S'il est un charmant gazonMassé ConsolationLalo Ballade à la luneSaint-Saëns La sérénitéDelibes Chanson espagnoleBizet

Sämtliche Lieder (hohe Stimme und Klavier)-This is the first ever complete critical edition of Duparc's songs. Edited by Roger Nichols the elegantly presented music is supported by a fully comprehensive Critical Commentary which illuminates as never before the compositional stages of these beautiful songs. Roger Nichols' international reputation as a leading authority on French music makes this edition essential for all singers who perform study or teach these melodies. Contains: Chanson triste; Soupir; Romance de Mignon; Serenade; Le galop; Au pays ou se fait la guerre; L'invitation au voyage; La vague et la cloche; La fuite; Elegie; Extase; Le manoir de Rosemonde; Serenade florentine;Phyidyle; Lamento; Testament; La vie anterieure