SKU: ST.Y291
ISBN 9790220223372.
CONTENTS 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.
SKU: GI.WW1665
UPC: 785147007760. English. Text by Emily Dickinson.
Heart, We Will Forget Him is one movement from Michael Hennagin's Three Emily Dickinson Songs. The imagery of Dickinson's poem comes to life through Hennagin's thoughtful writing. The piano truly acts as its own voice, supporting and responding to the vocal writing. A stunning option for your women's chorus. .
SKU: ST.Y292
ISBN 9790220223389.
CONTENTS 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).
SKU: SU.50500090
SATB Chorus, SATB Ensemble, Soprano & Baritone Soli, Orchestra [2 (opt afl) 22 (opt bcl) 2 (opt cbn); 4331; timp, perc; pno/cel; stgs] Duration: 18' 1 Nature’ is what we see (Emily Dickinson); 2 And this delightful Herb (The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, trans. Edward FitzGerald); 3 I robbed the Woods (Emily Dickinson); 4 Experiment (Dorothy Diemer Hendry); 5 And I saw another brightness (The Book of Life’s Merits, How the Earth Preserves Mankind [paraphrased] by Hildegard von Bingen); 6 Harvest Moon–The Mockingbird Sings in the Night (Mary Oliver) Study Score: available for sale (#50500091) Full Score & Parts: available on rental Composed: 2002-03 Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: SU.50500091
SATB Chorus, SATB Ensemble, Soprano & Baritone Soli, Orchestra [2 (opt afl) 22 (opt bcl) 2 (opt cbn); 4331; timp, perc; pno/cel; stgs] Duration: 18' 1 ‘Nature’ is what we see (Emily Dickinson); 2 And this delightful Herb (The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, trans. Edward FitzGerald); 3 I robbed the Woods (Emily Dickinson); 4 Experiment (Dorothy Diemer Hendry); 5 And I saw another brightness (The Book of Life’s Merits, How the Earth Preserves Mankind [paraphrased] by Hildegard von Bingen); 6 Harvest Moon–The Mockingbird Sings in the Night (Mary Oliver) Vocal Score: available for sale (#50500090) Full Score & Parts: available on rental Composed: 2002-03 Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: SU.80400800
Tenor Voice & PianoDuration: 8:25 Commissioned by: the Florestan Recital Project for their American Vanguard Festival at Dickinson CollegeDedication: Premiered by: Joe Dan Harper, tenor; Anne Kissel, pianoCopyright 2010Text author: Emily Dickinson Published by: Paulus Publications (SP537).
SKU: ST.W201
ISBN 9790220219061.
Rhian Samuel is a co-editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers and Professor of Music at London's City University. She is an accomplished writer of choral music for amateur and student choirs. Women's poetry is often the inspiration for her work, as is Lovesongs and Observations, six settings of poems by Emily Dickinson.
SKU: SU.19010040
Nine songs for voice and piano Contents: I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose, Split the Lark, Exultation is the Going, On This Wondrous Sea, Adrift! A Little Boat Adrift!, Exhilaration, My River Runs to Thee, Far from Love, It's All I Have to Bring Today Composed: 1990 Published by: Heart Earth Music.