PARTITIONS GRATUITES : FLûTE SEULE
- Four Songs

Medium Voice & Piano

SKU: ST.Y291

Composed by Rhian Samuel. Vocal music. Four songs for medium voice and piano to poems by Anne Stevenson and Emily Dickinson.. Vocal score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #Y291. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.Y291).

ISBN 9790220223372.

CONT ENTS
1. Blackbird (Anne Stevenson) (b - g)
2. The moon is distant (Emily Dickinson) (b - g sharp)
3. Bird in hand (Anne Stevenson) (e flat - g flat)
4. On not being able to look at the moon (Anne Stevenson) (b - g)

For medium voice and piano or ensemble of flute, harp and string quartet, Moon and Birds is a substantial cycle of songs to words by Anne Stevenson and Emily Dickinson. Its sequence of four settings, 'Blackbird', 'The moon is distant' (Dickinson), 'Bird in hand' and 'On not being able to look at the moon' unfolds a symmetrical structure of contrasting yet interlocking moods in which the reflective second and fourth numbers, lunar visions of mystic tranquillity flawed by doubt and pain, temper with human frailty the bright epiphanies of the first and third songs.

There is a fascinating challenge here for the performer to embrace both elation and gravitas in a single reading, Samuel's vigorous musical invention binding the developing web of feeling with its own formal strengths and subtly illustrative moments. In the version for string quartet, flute and harp, first performed by Contemporary Connections on 4 November 2011 at St James's Church Piccadilly, the flute takes a prominent role throughout. Violins, viola and cello at times elaborate on the simpler textures of the keyboard version, though the two scores remain entirely compatible. The bluesy harmonies of the concluding number, whether weighted by sonorous string quartet or profiled in edgier piano chords, bring the cycle to a sombre conclusion with a proper sense of an emotional world traversed.

By Bohuslav Martinu. Czech title: tyri pisne na slova eske lidove poezie. Published by Praha (Czech import).

Voice (Medium)

SKU: AP.12-0571541550

Composed by Henry Purcell. Arranged by Thomas Ades. Masterworks; Solo; Vocal Collection. Baroque; Masterwork Arrangement. Book. Faber Music #12-0571541550. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571541550).

ISBN 9780571541553. English.

Thomas Adès's four Purcell arrangements, Four Songs, for medium voice and piano are ideal repertoire for recitals. The collection is comprised of two of Purcell's Tempest songs, Come Unto These Yellow Sands and Full Fathom Five, alongside the much-loved An Evening Hymn and By Beauteous Softness. The whole collection lasts around 12 minutes.

Violin, Viola and Cello

SKU: HL.14037786

Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. 8 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH30989. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14037786).

ISBN 9788759818404. 8.25x11.75x0.073 inches.

Youthful / Ungdsomssynder (2008/2011) - Five Songs For Three Strings by Per Nørgård .

Manuscript copy.

Soprano or Tenor Voice

SKU: SS.50019920

Composed by Alan Leichtling. Choral. Score. Opus 85. Duration ca 13'. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SS.50019920).

Four Songs of Aurelian Townshend Copyright 1981.

Low Voice

SKU: BT.FORFQR01

Composed by Roger Quilter. Vocal Score. Forsyths Publications #FORFQR01. Published by Forsyths Publications (BT.FORFQR01).

Roge r Quilter's Four Songs Of The Sea Op. 1 for Low Voices.