SKU: HL.14042601

ISBN 9788759827574.

Notturno for Baritone and Piano. Composed in 1966 by Antonio Bibalo.

Text: Li-Po translated by Vitter Dynner from the text of Kian Lang-hu.

SKU: ST.Y272

ISBN 9790220222849.

1. Arrival Dream
2. Snow Squalls
3. It Happens
4. East Wind
5. A Clearer Memory

The contrasting aspects of nature are a major theme in the work of Rhian Samuel, and in her song cycle Spring Diary for baritone and piano she responds passionately to its vernal magic.

Beginning in dream and ending in memory, the five movements of the collection are a dramatic response to the turning season in Wales, conveyed through the fine detail of its characteristic weather and landscape as observed by the poet Anne Stevenson.

Premiered at London's City University, Spring Diary is excellent material for graduate singers and pianists, who will draw inspiration from its vivid and assured word-setting and substantial and evocative keyboard part.