Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. The opera – “a kind of Alice in Wonderland, but for adults”, says Crimp – lasts just over an hour and is cast in seven scenes. It is scored for five voices (S-S-MS-CT-Bar) and…

Trois mélodies pour ténor et piano. Par ABOULKER ISABELLE. Être heureux ou ne pas l’être est un recueil de trois mélodies pour ténor et piano composé par Isabelle Aboulker sur des textes de Pierre de Ronsard, Jean de La Fontaine et Octave Mirbeau. « À la désespérance profonde d’Octave Mirbeau devant un paysage de montagnes, j’ai opposé la philosophie souriante de Jean de La Fontaine et la leçon de…

Par STEPHENSON JOSEPHINE. 'Rosemary Lane is an arrangement of the traditional folk song which tells the story of a domestic worker being seduced by a sailor. I took the liberty of freely re-harmonising the melody to bring out the bittersweet qualities of this heartbreaking and yet so familiar story.' (Josephine Stephenson) / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / Mezzo-Soprano et Piano

Par BELL IAIN . We Two is a song cycle for Bass-baritone and piano and sets excerpts from Leaves of Grass by great American poet Walt Whitman. The first live performance took place at the New York Festival of Song in 2023. / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / Baryton-Basse et Piano

Par GRIME HELEN. Helen Grime’s It will be spring soon was commissioned by Musica Vitae and was first performed in 2021 in Sweden by Ruby Hughes (soprano), Malin Broman (violin) and Musica Vitae. The songs use text by Philip Larkin, Sandra Cisneros and Jane Hirschfield. / Date parution : 2024-04-27/ Répertoire / Soprano, Violon et Piano

Par ELIAS BRIAN. I Saw a Peacock by Brian Elias is a set of six songs for baritone and piano, commissioned by Wigmore Hall and premiered by James Newby and Joseph Middleton. Of particular interest to the composer was the eponymous poem; though generally anthologised as a nursery rhyme, it contains apocalyptic and almost biblical imagery. / Date parution : 2024-04-27/ Répertoire / Baryton et Piano

Motets est un recueil d'oeuvres a cappella pour choeur de Karl Jenkins, d'élévation intime et spirituelle. Outre deux nouvelles compositions, on y trouve des arrangements de mouvements issus de ses oeuvres les plus populaires, comme The Armed Man, Requiem, Adiemus et The Peacemakers. Bien que composées pour choeur mixte a cappella, la plupart des pièces disposent d'un accompagnement optionnel de p…

This spiritual, extended work uses the liturgical Latin text. The four movements bring us on a metaphysical journey from the heavens to earth, from the echo of The Spheres (Kyrie) to Identity and The Ground (Sanctus) with its earthlythemes. Neither expressly sacred nor secular, this is an exquisite work for advanced high school level and beyond. Available separately: SSAATTBB, String Orchestra (Fu…

Ces Trois mélodies sur des poèmes d'Éluard ont été offertes à Emmanuelle Demuyter pour ses vingt ans. La création a eu lieu le 24 février 2020 au Conservatoire de Paris dans le cadre des concerts Cantus Formus, par Emmanuelle Demuyter (soprano) et Élise Bertrand (piano).1. Ta bouche aux lèvres d'or (3 mn)2. J'ai fermé les yeux (2 mn)3. Ordre et désordre de l'amour (3 mn) / Soprano - piano / Billa…

This superb, fresh setting will bring out the very best in your choir. Accessible ranges and simple divisi makes this joyous arrangement suitable for high school level and beyond. Duration: ca. 3:30. / Choeur et ensemble vocal / Hal Leonard