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: SU.80401350
Baritone & Piano Texts by: Ogden Nash Composed: 1986 Published by: Paulus Publications (SP 137) 1. For A Good Dog 2. The Middle 3. Time Marches On 4. Old Men.
SKU: SU.28160102
Aria from the opera A Scandal in Bohemia. Dr. Watson patiently awaits Sherlock Holmes, well after their appointed meeting time. Libretto: Nathalie AndersonBaritone & Piano Duration: 4'20 Composed: 2008 Published by: Cassiopeia Publishing.
SKU: PR.111403080
ISBN 9781491134757. UPC: 680160685479. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845).
“Powerful†would be an understatement in describing both Frederick Douglass’s words and Adolphus Hailstork’s setting for Baritone with Piano accompaniment, also available for Cello ensemble with Timpani. Hailstork has created an 8-minute monodrama from a passage in Douglass’s landmark autobiography, where the great orator asks why boats can roam the sea while he must remain in chains.
SKU: PR.111402050
UPC: 680160607952. Poem by Mark Strand. Poem by Mark Strand.
SKU: BT.MUSM570364107
English.
Time And The Seasons: A Song Cycle was commissioned by Sholto Kynoch, with funding from the Britten Pears Foundation and Truffle Hunter, for Roderick Williams and Andrew West to perform at the 2013 Oxford Lieder Festival.