SKU: HL.14028563

ISBN 9781847723741. 9.0x12.0x0.062 inches.

Kaija Saariaho's Leino Songs were premiered by Anu Komsi (soprano) and Pia Varri (piano) on 9 July 2007 in Kaarle's Church, Kokkola, Finland, as part of the Kokkola Opera Summer Festival. Leino Songs are dedicated to Anu Komsi. Please note that Leino Songs for soprano and piano does not correspond exactly with Saariaho's work of the same name scored for voice and orchestra, and is therefore not suitable for use as a vocal score to that version.

SKU: PR.111403210

UPC: 680160687947.

With an original text by the composer, Nkeiru Okoye’s WE MET AT THE SYMPHONY is a monodrama in three songs for soprano and string quartet or piano. The songs tell the story of a Black woman surprised to find a Black man in the sea of white faces at an orchestra concert, their subsequent romance, and her struggle to trust another Black man after betrayal and heartbreak. Okoye’s poignant, insightful, and sharp-witted poetry is set to dramatic and striking music that blends sensibilities from jazz, Broadway, and contemporary classical styles, with an unforgettable solo role for the soprano.

SKU: HL.49047364

ISBN 9798350124866. UPC: 196288207610.

Four Arms, Two Necks is a setting of a 17th century anonymous poem. The timelessness of the words in the love poem struck me and I set it to music, later dedicating the song to two friends, Anda and Bill Winters, in celebration of a wedding anniversary. Orpheus is from William Shakespeare�s play The Life of King Henry VIII. Between 1996-2000, I composed and produced the music for audio recordings of all 38 Shakespeare plays in the Complete Arkangel Shakespeare collection. This song from the play was originallywritten for lute accompaniment and I later arranged the lute part for piano. Agua, Dónde Vas? is a setting of a poem by Federico García Lorca. In 1998, I visited Barcelona to renew with a dear friend, Lucia from an illustrious family of flamenco musicians and dancers. We had met in 1985 when I first visited Granada and was hanging out in the flamenco tablao�s of the Albaicin and Granada proper. Through Lucia I got a glimpse of a world in which Lorca�s poetry vibrated daily and as casually as the music, songs and rhythms that peppered and punctuated conversations, discussions, exchanges of opinions, mealtimes in homes and bars and the precious moments of just hanging out.

SKU: BA.BA01116

ISBN 9790006408405. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text: Hermann Claudius.

The German composer and music teacher Karl Marx wrote these new songs for soprano solo and piano after poems by Hermann Claudius op. 29.

Included are the following songs:
– Mein Lied: Der Wind der weht
– Auf eine kranke Rose: Ist das in dir der Mensch
– Sommerbeet: Es drängt sich auf den Beeten
– Der alte Turm und die Schwalben haben einander gern
– Der alte Turm und die Schwalben haben einander gern
– Auf Brümmerhoff: Es blinken in der Sonne die grünen Gräser (auch Duett [SA])
– Im Januar
– Tage der Gnade brechen herein
– Dezembertag: Des Nordens Wunder ist der Winter
– Im Januar: Zu den winterkahlen Zweigen
– Lied an meinem Tische: Tagtäglich bietest du dich dar