Composer's Notes:Heavenly Things is my fourteenth song-cycle but the first with piano accompaniment. I mention this because when I was asked to write this piece my first reaction was ‘what can I make of amedium that seems to me quintessentially 19th century’ and I was doubtful that I could produce anything that I would be happy with. Then I went to hear Christopher Maltman and Malcolm Martineau and was so impressed by the magicand intensity of their performance that I saw a ‘way in’ to what at first had seemed a problem. The choice of poems was obviously going to be crucial and I chose the Donne Holy Sonnets because of the dramatic possibilities theyoffer and the huge range of emotion that they encompass. In these settings the piano is always more than a mere accompaniment it tends either to be in dialogue with the voice or to have its own musical agenda which the voicereacts to in an independent but parallel way. Geoffrey Burgon

Le théâtre musical Essentials série représente la sélection finale des chansons de la scène. Les volumes sont disponibles pour soprano, mezzo-soprano, ténor et baryton / basse, avec ou sans CD d'accompagnement. Listes de chansons uniques sont fournies dans les livres pour chaque gamme vocale, y compris le présent volume pour Baryton / Basse.Nouvellement édités et gravés avec la ligne vocale et accompagnement au piano, les deux Baryton / Basse volumes de la série Essentials Théâtre Musical de fournir une occasion en or pour célébrer la musique de la scène, contenant des chansons de comédies musicales classiques et modernes tels que: Cabaret, Le Roi Lion , Hairspray, du Pacifique Sud et Les Misérables. / Baryton-Basse Et Piano

This series now has a new ?Part II? for each voice type at the same level as the original volumes. This is preparatory material for The First Book of Solos series with modest ranges and all songs in English including very easy art songs folksong arrangements and vintage popular songs. The song selection is completely different for each voice type with 18-20 songs per volume.