Archive for the 'vocal' Category

Three songs

March 17, 2021

Songs for voice and piano, with texts from three different writers, composed over the last two years.

“Virtue” is performed by Morgan Balfour, soprano, with James Maverick, piano. “Piano” and “I came like you” are performed by Caleb Lewis, baritone, with Gabe Merrill-Steskal, piano.

The Yeats is part of a complete setting of the play At the Hawk’s Well as a one-act chamber opera.

Virtue

January 28, 2020

Setting of the George Herbert poem, for soprano and piano. January 2020 (but building on sketches from years ago).

PDF of score

Piano

August 29, 2019

A setting of the D. H. Lawrence poem, for high voice and piano.

Score (PDF).

At the Hawk’s Well: Epilogue

April 4, 2019

Epilogue to Yeats’s At the Hawk’s Well, set for soprano, mezzo and piano. The full opera will also include roles for baritone and tenor soloists (and will be arranged for at least somewhat larger forces). April 2019.

Score (PDF).

At the Hawk’s Well: Prologue

March 23, 2019

Prologue to Yeats’s At the Hawk’s Well, set for soprano, mezzo and piano. The full opera will also include roles for baritone and tenor soloists (and will be arranged for at least somewhat larger forces). March 2019.

Score (PDF).

Einem, der vorübergeht

December 17, 2018

Song setting for alto and clarinet, about 3m long. December, 2018.

Text is a poem of Hugo von Hofmannsthal. (See this article on the fairly recent rediscovery of the autograph.)

Score here, with clarinet transposed.

Susie Asado

March 17, 2018

A setting of the Gertrude Stein text, for flute and soprano.

Score (PDF).

Dimensions

May 18, 2017

Setting for soprano and piano of the poem by Laura Riding. May 2017.

Score (PDF)

Performance recording, with Tricia Bell, soprano, and Richard Forde, piano.