Baritone voice & Piano
SKU: ST.Y272
Composed by Rhian Samuel.
Vocal music. Five songs
to poems by Anne
Stevenson. Score. Stainer
& Bell Ltd. #Y272.
Published by Stainer &
Bell Ltd. (ST.Y272).
ISBN
9790220222849.
1.
Arrival Dream
2.
Snow Squalls
3. It
Happens
4. East Wind
5. A Clearer
Memory
The
contrasting aspects of
nature are a major theme
in the work of Rhian
Samuel, and in her song
cycle Spring
Diary for baritone
and piano she responds
passionately to its
vernal magic.
Beginning in dream and
ending in memory, the
five movements of the
collection are a dramatic
response to the turning
season in Wales, conveyed
through the fine detail
of its characteristic
weather and landscape as
observed by the poet Anne
Stevenson.
Premiered at London's
City University,
Spring Diary is
excellent material for
graduate singers and
pianists, who will draw
inspiration from its
vivid and assured
word-setting and
substantial and evocative
keyboard part.
