When I Go Away From You. This song, a setting of The Taxi by Amy Lowell, was com...(+)
When I Go Away From You. This song, a setting of The Taxi by Amy Lowell, was commissioned for York Late Music's 100 Second Songs project and first performed by Anna Snow, soprano, and Kate Ledger, piano, on 4 April 2020. A glimpse of the never-sleeping city takes on a sense of longing and loneliness when viewed by our protagonist from the window of their speeding taxi in the streets of the night.
Between Eternity And Time by Paul Mealor was commissioned by Irene Drummond wit...(+)
Between Eternity And Time by Paul Mealor was commissioned by Irene Drummond with funds provided by the Scottish Arts Council and first performed by her with Alasdair Beatson (piano) at Kingâs College Chapel Aberdeen on 6 November 2008.
Written for the soprano Laura Wright this is an arrangement of the traditional ...(+)
Written for the soprano Laura Wright this is an arrangement of the traditional folk song The Ash Grove.The Ash Grove by Patrick Hawes is from the album The Last Rose which went to No. 1 in the classical charts.
Morfudd - Three Welsh Songs by Patrick Hawes for solo soprano and piano. First p...(+)
Morfudd - Three Welsh Songs by Patrick Hawes for solo soprano and piano. First performed as part of the 'Concerts at the Crossroads' series on 2 June 2012 in Beulah United Reformed Church Rhiwbina Cardiff by Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) and John Reid (piano).
This work was commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Ltd....(+)
This work was commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Ltd. with theaid of funds provided by the John S. Cohen Foundation and the PRS Foundation. The firstperformance was given by Rachel Nicholls and Paul Plummer at St. Andrewâs Church Presteigne on 29 August 2005.Composer's NoteGladestry Quatrains is a setting of 12 short poems by Jo Shapcott from her collection of the same title. It originated in a project for the 2003 Presteigne Festival called A Garland for Presteigne in which 10 composers associated with the Festival were asked to write a short song each celebrating the Welsh border country the choice of poetryranged widely and I chose two of Jo Shapcottâs evocative miniatures (still adding up to slightly less than the timing I had been requested to provide!). As I wrote them I started to make sketches for some more settings from the same collection and the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts very kindly commissioned this new larger song-cycle proper for their 2005 Festival. The original pair of poems form the third (Gwaithla Brook) and last (Cefn Hir) of the songs in which the eighth combines two poems Burl Hill and Newchurch. Throughout I have been aware of the sights and sounds of nature the character of the landscape and the sense of history and timelessness of this beautiful part of the world as reflected in Jo Shapcottâs poetry as well as (I hope) the wit and directness of her expression. The whole work though it has eleven songs still lasts only about 20 minutes the concision of the texts and the need to find musical equivalents to this was an important part of the concept of the piece. John McCabe 2005
Arthur Bliss 'Angels Of The Mind' arranged for Soprano and Piano.Bliss had wante...(+)
Arthur Bliss 'Angels Of The Mind' arranged for Soprano and Piano.Bliss had wanted to set some of Kathleen Raine???s poems for a long time but seeming to him as delicate as flowers or shells he didn't want to spoil their fragile beauty. In 1964 he was invited to collaborate with this poet.During Cambidge University's 500th year of the music degree. He composed a Cantata The Golden to her works which emboldened him to choose seven poems from her collected words written during the years from 1935 to 1949 and this forms the Song Cycle.
Sleep On takes pride of place on Hayley Westenra's album Hushabye (Decca cat no...(+)
Sleep On takes pride of place on Hayley Westenra's album Hushabye (Decca cat no: 4810351) written by Paul Mealor and dedicated to the Royal Baby.This Vocal Score for Sleep On includes the Soprano Vocal line and Piano accompaniment.
This work When Christ Was Born of Mary Free sets the words of a traditional ca...(+)
This work When Christ Was Born of Mary Free sets the words of a traditional carol dating from the 15th century sensitively in D minor for the verse moving to a more joyous F for the Chorus. Darkeâs papers list this piece as having been scored for Soprano solo Chorus SATB and Piano. Harold E Darke was an English composer and Organist of international renown. Darke composed extensively for choir and Organ. In 1916 he established the Monday lunchtime Organ recitals at St Michaelâs Cornhill which continue to this day the longest-running such series in the world. His setting of Christina Rosettiâs poem In the Bleak Midwinter created a melody and lilting Organ accompanimentthat has never fallen from favour. It is regarded as one of the greatest of Christmas carols.
This work was written in 1971. The text is derived from the Latin Requiem Mass ...(+)
This work was written in 1971. The text is derived from the Latin Requiem Mass treated as a kind of sacred poem rather than a liturgical text and the order of sections is much altered. The work derives principally from the opening piano harmonies and the soprano's initial melodic lines - the latter which have an affinity (not least in rhythmic accentuation) with certain aspects of plainchant combine with the piano chords and embellishments to produce a serial reservoir of material is used fairly strictly even in seemingly freer sections. The form is arch-like the opening material returning substantially altered at the end with as the work's centre a scherzo-likeSanctus introduced and punctuated by chords derived in lay-out from bell sounds. The work was written in memory of Alan Rawsthorne and Sir John Barbirolli and was first performed at the Wigmore Hall in 1979 by Jane Manning and Richard Rodney Bennett.