Chamber Music Soprano Voice, Piano

SKU: CF.V2504

Composed by Frederic Sharaf. Performance Score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #V2504. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.V2504).

ISBN 9780825898310. UPC: 798408098315. Frederic Sharaf, Sorcha Cribben-Merrill.

Sharaf was moved to write this tribute to all involved in the Boston Marathon massacre—those who were victims, those who died, and those who showed the best of humanity in the aftermath. He imagines the heartbreaking beauty of a dying woman, praying for peace and forgiveness, even of those who perpetrated the event.

Soprano Voice and Piano

SKU: BT.ALHE31629

Composed by Pierre Boulez. Classical. Book Only. Heugel & Cie #ALHE31629. Published by Heugel & Cie (BT.ALHE31629).

French.

French composer, Pierre Boulez (b. 1925) is best known for his serialist, experimental and electronic compositions. However, his work for Soprano, Mixed Choir and Piano Reduction, Le Soleil DesEaux also remains regularly performed.

Having studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Olivier Messiaen, Boulez soon began his own creative experiments. Amongst his earlier works was hiscantata, Le Soleil Des Eaux, composed in the late 1940s. The work has since been revised many times. Based on poems by René Char, Le Soleil Des Eaux is atonal, exploitingmanytechniques. For advanced choirs and Soprano soloists, Boulez's Le Soleil Des Eaux provides a challenging yet riveting performance work.