A Chamber Opera in One Act. Composed by Ricky Ian Gordon. Spiral. Duration 1 h...(+)
A Chamber Opera in One
Act.
Composed by Ricky Ian
Gordon.
Spiral. Duration 1 hour,
25
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #411-41161.
Published
by Theodore Presser
Company
Paint Me Opéra [Conducteur] University Of York Music Press
Opera SKU: BT.MUSM570362127 Composed by Luís Tinoco. Score Only. Univers...(+)
Opera
SKU:
BT.MUSM570362127
Composed by Luís Tinoco.
Score Only. University of
York Music Press
#MUSM570362127. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570362127).
English.
Luis
Tinoco (Composer) and
Stephen Plaice (Libretto)
wrote 'Paint Me', and
Opera for six singers and
Chamber Orchestra. Rui
Horta and Joana Carneiro
are responsible for the
stage direction and the
musical direction. My
idea in writing Paint Me
was to bring together six
characters, all of whom
have a prolific
imaginative interior
life, and to explore what
they would make of each
other in the confines of
a railway compartment.
The model for my libretto
is Geoffrey Chaucer’s
The Canterbury Tales. The
travellers in Paint Me
are also on their way to
Canterbury, but they are
strangers thrown together
by the randomness of
modern travel. Their
tales are not told
publicly, but in theirown
imaginations. Most
journeys in the modern
age are anonymous and
conducted in silence. We
have only a visual or
perhaps manneristic
impression of the people
sitting opposite us. This
introspection in public
opens up a private
fantasy space, in which
our fellow travellers can
become the characters in
instant psychological
dramatisations.I wanted
to formalize each
character’s fantasy
into a full narrative.
The result is a kind of
anthology of operatic
short stories, surrounded
by the framework of an
ordinary journey.
-
Stephen Plaice.
Opera SKU: CF.CY1848F Composed by Louise Talma. Full score. With Standard...(+)
Opera
SKU:
CF.CY1848F
Composed
by Louise Talma. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Carl Fischer
Music #CY1848F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CY1848F).
ISBN
9781491144404. UPC:
680160901906.
With
some trepidation, Talma
wrote her own libretto
for the 1976 chamber
opera Have You Heard? Do
You Know?, a work about
the Cold War and the
desire for utopias (when
the bomb drops, where
would you run to?). For
Talma, who lived a great
part of her life in the
hustle-bustle of
Manhattan, this opera may
have been reflective of
her joy in spending time
at the peaceful woods of
the MacDowell Colony.
While she referred to the
opera as amusing, it may
well have been
autobiographical to a
large extent.
Saxophone Soprano [Partition + Accès audio] Hal Leonard
A Study of his Compositions and Playing Style. By Kenny G. Hal Leonard Signature...(+)
A Study of his
Compositions and Playing
Style. By Kenny G. Hal
Leonard Signature Licks.
Adult Contemporary, Pop,
Instructional and Play
Along. Instructional book
(song excerpts only,
softcover) and
examples/accompaniment
CD. With chord names and
performance notes. 48
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard