Baritone voice
SKU:
ST.Y258
Composed by
Rhian Samuel. Vocal
music. Range: G sharp - G
sharp (plus falsetto C).
Score. Stainer & Bell
Ltd. #Y258. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.Y258).
ISBN
9790220222504.
Priz
ed among Welsh speakers,
the anonymous
14th-century poem Yr
Alarch ('The Swan')
is a striking verbal
portrait of 'this being
without blemish',
conveyed in terms of
memorable imagery which
has inspired Rhian
Samuel's short setting
for unaccompanied
baritone. A rarity in its
being a true solo song,
this stirring
tone-picture is also a
showpiece, part lyrical,
part declamatory, with
contemporary vocal
techniques sensitively
employed. It will be
enjoyed by Welsh-speaking
singers and audiences for
its heightened atmosphere
that conveys the magical
presence of a creature '
bright-white above birds
... Heaven's cockerel, a
shining crag.'.