Soprano(s) & Piano (with
opt. Melodica)
SKU:
SU.96050220
For
Soprano(s) & Piano (with
opt. Melodica).
Composed by Thomas
Parente. Vocal/Choral,
Solo Voice. Accompanied
by piano, Melodica.
Score. Subito Music
Corporation #96050220.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.96050220).
1. My Beautiful
Island (in the present) -
The character is that of
a young woman who sings
joyfully and exuberantly
of the beauty of her
island - a magnificent
paradise. 2. Oh Home of
Sweet Tranquility (20
years later) - The woman
is beginning to realize
that her cherished island
is beginning to disappear
due to the encroaching
waves, storms and ever
increasing heat. The
bloom of her idealism and
youth has been replaced
with something more
dreadful. 3. The Song
Itself We Have Forgotten
(an additional 20 years
later) - The island
clearly is doomed due to
rising seas resulting in
the evacuation of the
entire island. She is
experiencing a slow
simmering shock, is
dis-regulated, mumbling,
and thoroughly
disbelieving in what is
taking place. Out in the
distance I imagined an
ocean liner on the
horizon. She’s
standing on a long line
to be transported to the
ship that will take her
to an unknown destination
and destiny. 4. Aubade -
(a love poem welcoming or
lamenting the arrival of
dawn) As expressed by a
seagull riding the wind
above the ocean, my take
of it relates to the arc
of universal existence -
Beginning, Middle (life
expressed), End.
Performance Note:
Island Elegy and Aubade
may be performed by 3
sopranos - one for each
song- or by one soprano.
In the latter case the
final Aubade may be
performed via a
previously recorded
multitrack rendering of
all three parts or two
parts with the soprano
singing the top part.
Alternatively, the
pianist can accompany the
soprano, (who sings the
top line) by playing the
bottom two parts on a
melodica, piano or
electric keyboard.
Soprano(s) & Piano (with
opt. Melodica) Duration:
ca. 25' Composed: 2023
Published by: Subito
Music Publishing.
Aubade
