SKU: SU.28120320
1. What is there for you in my name (Pushkin) 2. I loved You (Pushkin) 3. In the Evening (Akhmatova) 4. Yellow and wide is the evening sky (Akhmatova) 5. If only she would approach (Blok)Mezzo-soprano & Piano Duration: 11' Composed: 1998 Published by: Alla Pavlova.
SKU: SU.32040040
Mezzo-Soprano & Piano Duration: 17' Composed: 2014 Published by: Amy Mills Music, LLC These three art songs can be performed independently or in sequence, at any time of the year. Stuart McAlpine’s profound text explores three men from the Christmas story, Joseph, the Inn-keeper, and Simeon. The creative and beautiful musical settings allow for powerfully dramatic interpretation and performance. To Joseph (who taught me how to look at art) The singer sings to Joseph, …you beheld a work of art, the making of a holy heart… and watching through Joseph’s eyes, when hung at last, its meaning was decreed. (4:40) The Inn-keeper’s Lament McAlpine brilliantly explores the possibility…what if the inn-keeper who turned away Mary & Joseph later became the inn-keeper who accepted the injured man brought in by the Good Samaritan? This powerfully dramatic piece depicts the Bethlehem inn-keeper’s bravado, Caeser’s decree was heaven sent, as guests raised glasses, I raised rent! But as the enormity of his mistake became apparent, in later years he bemoans, …if I’d known then what I know now… and finally declares at the end, I know now! (7:50) Simeon’s Last Prayer Simeon sings of being summoned to the temple where he holds his infant Savior. …then as grandfathers do, rejoiced as if he were my one-and-only too. As he leaves he whispers his final prayer, …dismiss your servant, to find You face-to-face. (4:30) Difficulty Level: Baritone/Mezzo-Soprano 6 (Professional) (Baritone Range: low A (optional low G) to high F# (optional high G,A) (Mezzo Range: low A (optional low G) to high G (optional high A) Piano 6 (Professional)(Same level as Debussy or Ravel) See also the version for Baritone Voice and Piano See composer website for audio sample.
SKU: SU.29020130
Settings of poetry by DREAMer (immigrants who were brought to the US as minors and have since had difficulties adjusting their legal status) poets (In English) 4 Songs: I. Cenzóntle; II. How I Learned to Walk; III. Between Chou and the Butterfly; IV. Such AsMezzo-Soprano and Piano Duration: 23 Composed: 2017 Published by: Distributed Composer.
SKU: HL.49045888
9.0x12.0x0.14 inches.
The work of Mira Lobe has accompanied me since childhood, and especially since I began my career as a composer. When looking for suitable song texts, I quickly find what I need in her work. The song cycle Lob(e)lieder [Lobes Songs or Songs of Praise] is based on poems from Zwei Elefanten, die sich gut kannten [Two elephants who knew each other well]. Each song tells an animal story in a concise form with virtuosic word play. These colourful poetic miniatures carry large musical potential; it is not only the humour ofthe stories that inspired me, but also their language quality. Elisabeth Naske. German.
SKU: SU.95010485
Text: Old Testament.
Mezzo-soprano, Piano Duration: 5' Text: Old Testament Composed: 1983 Published by: Subito Music Publishing The aria's biblical text, which deals with the Jews' exile into Babylonia, was set in a straight forward, atmospheric, syllabic manner. Its stark piano accompaniment and long-breathed, darkly eloquent melodic line (adapted from fragments by the Renaissance madrigalist Carlo Gesualdo) proved extremely apposite. --The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
SKU: HL.49046292
ISBN 9781540069931. UPC: 888680976569.
Contents: I Masallarin Masali (Nazim Hikmet) II Die grosse Fracht (Ingeborg Bachmann) III Goge bakma duragi (Turgut Uyar) IV Der Panther (Rainer Maria Rilke).
