for soprano and piano. Par CASKEN JOHN. Chansons de Verlaine were completed in 2006. The third song, Colloque sentimental, was written in 2003 for Alison Smart and Katharine Durran’s New French Song project. It was as a result of having written one short song to words by Verlaine that I subsequently decided to set two further poems to make a group of three. All three were also set by Debussy: L’ombre des arbres and Chevaux de bois appear in Ariettes Oubliées, while Colloque sentimental belongs to Debussy’s second set of Fêtes Galantes. The poems I have grouped together are linked by the idea of three different landscapes. In the first, Verlaine precedes the words of his own sad, pale landscape with words from Cyrano de Bergerac about a nightingale who fears himself about to fall into a river and drown. In the second poem the landscape has been occupied by a fairground where men, women and children watch as the hobby-horses go round and round before night falls and the church tolls a passing-bell. The third poem takes us into an old park where two ghosts recall their past. The one wonders if the other remembers the happy days of their past lives, but the other doesn’t want to remember, barely acknowledging the closeness they once shared, seeing only that ‘hope has fled, defeated, towards the dark sky.’ I am very grateful to Roger Nichols and Dominique Mols for their advice with the setting of the French texts and with the translations. John Casken Colloque sentimental was first performed by Alison Smart and Katherine Durran at the Purcell Room in London on 13 July 2004/ Répertoire / Soprano et Piano

Soprano with Piano Reduction-Rita Dove Pulitzer Prize-winning author former Poet Laureate of the United States and one of our most distinguished literary figures penned the group of poems that are the basis for this John Williams composition. Ms. Dovewrites with wit and wisdom of the many phases of a woman's life including adolescence courting love pregnancy betrayal and renewal. Originally composed for soprano and full orchestra. Includes: 1. Song 2.Chocolate 3. Adolescence 4. Black on a Saturday Night 5. Serenade 6. Expecting 7. Starting Over

A Collection Of Essential Contemporary Works. Cette nouvelle importante série met à l' honneur les plus grands trésors de l'opéra américain, avec des airs célèbres et d'autres moins connus, le 'Rake's progress' de Stravinsky , Nixon in China de John Adam, Trouble in Tahiti de Bernstein et d'autres grands opéras de Dominic Argento, Ned Rorem et Carlisle Floyd. Avec accompagnement de CD. Pour les chanteurs professionnels et du niveau conservatoire supérieur, idéal pour les récitals et les auditions, et une source essentielle pour l'étude du répertoire d'opéra américain./ Recueil / Soprano et Piano

Description The Oratorio Anthology - Soprano Newly edited and engraved arias, compiled by Richard Walters. Songlist Auf Starkem Fittige (The Creation) [Haydn, Franz Joseph] Bid The Virtues, Bid The Graces (Come Ye Sons Of Art) [Purcell, Henry] Blute Nur, Du Liebes Herz (St Matthew Passion) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Cujus Animam Gementem (Stabat Mater) [Pergolesi, Giovanni} Domine Deus (Gloria) [Vivaldi, Antonio] Hear Ye, Israel (Elijah) [Mendelssohn, Felix] I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Messiah) [Handel, George Frideric] Ich Folge Dir Gleichfalls (St John Passion) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Ich Will Dir Mein Herze Schenken (St Matthew Passion) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] If God Be For Us (Messiah) [Handel, George Frideric] Inflammatus Et Accensus (Stabat Mater) [Rossini, Gioacchino] Laudamus Te (Mass In C Minor) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Laudate Dominum (Vesperae Solennes De Confessore K.339) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Let The Bright Serahphim (Samson) [Handel, George Frideric] Mein Glaubiges Herze (Cantata No.68) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Nun Beut Die Flur (The Creation) [Haydn, Franz Joseph] Nur Ein Wink Von Seinem Handen (Christmas Oratorio) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] O Liberty, Thou Choicest Treasure (Judas Maccabaeus) [Handel, George Frideric] Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre (Joshua) [Handel, George Frideric] Pie Jesu (Requiem) [Faure, Gabriel] Preist Der Erlosers Gute (Christ On The Mount Of Olives) [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] Quia Respexit (Magnificat) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Quis Non Posset (Stabat Mater) [Haydn, Franz Joseph] Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion! (Messiah) [Handel, George Frideric] Seufzer, Thranen, Kummer, Noth (Cantata No.21) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Tune The Soft Melodious Lute (Jeptha) [Handel, George Frideric] Vidit Suum Dulcem Natum (Stabat Mater) [Pergolesi, Giovanni] Welche Labung Fur Die Sinne (The Seasons) [Haydn, Franz Joseph] Zerfleisse, Mein Herze (St John Passion) [Bach, Johann Sebastian]

Soprano/Piano-The world premiere was given by Jessica Rivera and Maryann Kim in Weill Recital Hall Carnegie Hall New York City on 13 March 2009. The text is taken from Psalms 63 and 56 and from The Gospel according to St. John.

A Spanish Liederbooklet is a short song cycle(of about eight minutes’ duration) for high soprano and piano written for Eileen Hulse in 1988. Eileen gave the first performance accompanied by Graham Johnson at the 1988 CheltenhamFestival. The texts are all Spanish Romances by anonymous authors from the 15th/16th centuries. The songs are sung in the original Spanish.

Writer John Delaney and composer Oliver Davis collaborated on an operatic project based on the Irish mythological tale of Tir na Nog. This Mortal Man was written from the perspective of the goddess Niamh who has fallen in love with earthling Oisin, whom she wishes to marry, against the wishes of the gods.

Soprano and Piano. In this extremely emotional aria from Corigliano's popular opera the ghost of Marie Antoinette relives the unbearable memory that forever haunts her: the final moments of agony and torture before herexecution at the guillotine.

'. . .a skirling reedy accompaniment to a patter-song collected in Turkey by Bartok beautifully proportioned and realised.'Andrew Clements Financial Times 21 November 1989

L'édition de livres et CD 2 de la collection la plus complète des sélections de Broadway jamais organisée spécifiquement pour le chanteur. Chacun des cinq volumes de la série contient des chansons importants choisis parce qu'ils sont appAvailableriate fpr chaque voix. Toutes les sélections sont sous leur forme authentique, original et de la musique vocale originale. Les chansons dans Musical Theatre anthologie du chanteur, écrit par des compositeurs tels notés comme Kurt Weill, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim et Jerome Kern, sont des chefs-d'oeuvre vocales idéales pour les auditions, pratiquer ou effectuant des chanteurs./ Recueil / Soprano 1