This work was commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Ltd. with theaid of funds provided by the John S. Cohen Foundation and the PRS Foundation. The firstperformance was given by Rachel Nicholls and Paul Plummer at St. Andrew’s Church Presteigne on 29 August 2005.Composer's NoteGladestry Quatrains is a setting of 12 short poems by Jo Shapcott from her collection of the same title. It originated in a project for the 2003 Presteigne Festival called A Garland for Presteigne in which 10 composers associated with the Festival were asked to write a short song each celebrating the Welsh border country the choice of poetryranged widely and I chose two of Jo Shapcott’s evocative miniatures (still adding up to slightly less than the timing I had been requested to provide!). As I wrote them I started to make sketches for some more settings from the same collection and the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts very kindly commissioned this new larger song-cycle proper for their 2005 Festival. The original pair of poems form the third (Gwaithla Brook) and last (Cefn Hir) of the songs in which the eighth combines two poems Burl Hill and Newchurch. Throughout I have been aware of the sights and sounds of nature the character of the landscape and the sense of history and timelessness of this beautiful part of the world as reflected in Jo Shapcott’s poetry as well as (I hope) the wit and directness of her expression. The whole work though it has eleven songs still lasts only about 20 minutes the concision of the texts and the need to find musical equivalents to this was an important part of the concept of the piece.        John McCabe 2005

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II.Each piece is in Englishand has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs folksongs humorous songs and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contestsolos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments. Soprano Contents: Alice Blue Gown · April Showers · Butterflies (Schulz) · Cradle Song (Brahms) · Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel(Humperdinck) · The False Prophet (Scott) · Florian's Song (Godard) · Golden Slumbers (English folksong) · It Was a Lover and His Lass (Austin) · Ladybird (Schumann) · The Lilac Tree (Gartlin) · The Little Sandman (arr. Brahms) ·My Little Heart (Weckerlin) · The Nightingale (Alabieff) · Oh! Dear What Can the Matter Be? (16th Century) · Oh Pretty Birds (Rigel) · The Rosebush (Himmel) · The Sweetest Flower that Blows (Hawley) · Two Marionettes (Cooke) ·The Willow Song (16th Century) · The Willow Tree (arr. Reimann) · The Winter It Is Past (arr. Hopekirk).

This work was written in 1971. The text is derived from the Latin Requiem Mass treated as a kind of sacred poem rather than a liturgical text and the order of sections is much altered. The work derives principally from the opening piano harmonies and the soprano's initial melodic lines - the latter which have an affinity (not least in rhythmic accentuation) with certain aspects of plainchant combine with the piano chords and embellishments to produce a serial reservoir of material is used fairly strictly even in seemingly freer sections. The form is arch-like the opening material returning substantially altered at the end with as the work's centre a scherzo-likeSanctus introduced and punctuated by chords derived in lay-out from bell sounds. The work was written in memory of Alan Rawsthorne and Sir John Barbirolli and was first performed at the Wigmore Hall in 1979 by Jane Manning and Richard Rodney Bennett.

Melodrama after the Poem by Ludwig Uhland. Par STRAUSS RICHARD. / Répertoire / Soprano et Piano

10 Arias from 7 Operas-10 arias: Amelia al ballo: Vola intanto l'ora insonne ? The Consul: The Foreign Woman's Aria ? To this we've come ? The Labyrinth: The Bride's Song ? The Medium: The Black Swan;Monica's Waltz ? The Old Maid and the Thief: Steal me sweet thief ? The Saint of Bleecker Street: Oh sweet Jesus; Be good to her ? The Telephone: Hello! Oh Margaret it's you.

Poème d?Alexandra SoummCréation le 9 juin 2015 à Paris Radio France par Armelle Khourdoïan et Suzana BartalDurée : 3 minutes environ

Contient les Mélodies Dites De Venise. Voix Haute-Le troisi?me volume des M?lodies de Gabriel Faur? (1845-1924) pour soprano contient les oeuvres suivantes : 'Larmes' 'Au Cimeti?re' 'Spleen' 'La Rose' 'Chanson de Shylock' 'Madrigal' 'Mandoline' 'En sourdine' 'Green' 'A Clym?ne' 'C'est l'Extase' 'Le Parfum imp?rissable' 'Arp?ge' 'Prison' 'Soir' 'Le plus doux chemin' 'Le Ramier' 'Dans la for?t de Septembre' 'La fleur qui va sur l'Eau' et 'Accompagnement'.

Par FAURE GABRIEL. / Date parution : 2022-03-16/ Répertoire / Soprano et Piano