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Vocal
Works - click links for .mp3 audio or .pdf score samples
| • Love Sonnets of Michelangelo | soprano & mezzo-soprano (13 min.) (1982) audio sample score sample |
A setting of some of Michelangelo's
most personal texts for soprano and mezzo-soprano, in a
style that combines
the theatricality of the Italian opera with the direct expressivity of folksong.
It was
originally written as music-theatre, combining film and dance, performed
by Michael Parmenter.
Score: Waiteata Music Press
Recording:
Waiteata Music Press
Film: the
composer
| • Songs my Grandmother Sang | voice & piano (12 min.) (1993/2000) |
These
arrangements for voice and piano of old-fashioned popular songs such as Silver
Threads among the Gold,
All through
the Night, Two Little Girls in Blue
and Genevieve indulge in unabashed bittersweet
sentiment.
Score: the
composer
| • In the Curve of Song | voice, tape, vla, fl/pic, & 4 percussionists (13 min.) (2003) |
A setting utilizing extended vocal techniques and a recording of early English riddles.
Score: the
composer
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