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Ensemble & Orchestra Winter: My Secret Soprano, treble recorder, cello, and harpsichord Score and parts 9780193394827 Winter: My Secret is a setting for soprano, recorder, cello, and harpsichord of a poem by Christina Rossetti. It was commissioned by the Ida Carroll Trust for a concert to mark the 80th birthday of Honor Sheppard, and Alfred Deller’s centenary year. 4.5 minutes Winter sunrise Violin, viola, andcello Score and parts 9780193588585 This piece owes its title and much of its elegiac but optimistic character to a poem by Mary Webb. Webb’s fine lyric verse is echoed in the song-like directness and simplicity of form captured in this single movement work. 8 minutes The Witches’ Wood Chamber ensemble Op, fl, cl (Bb), vln, vc, pno Score and parts 9780193359659 A chromatic but bare setting of a poem by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, a descendant of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Its sparse texture reflects the eerie, haunting atmosphere created by the evocative imagery of the poetry. 2 minutes 14
Solo Voice Brave Guy of Warwick Mezzo-soprano and piano Vocal score 9780193394025 Brave Guy of Warwick sets text from Lines written at Warwick by George Crabbe (1754–1832) which describes a portion of the legend of Guy of Warwick. This piece is engaging and characterful, and audiences are bound to be charmed by both the music and the story. 9 minutes Solo Voice Emerson Songs Soprano and baritone Score 9780193457911 The first two of these four songs are for solo baritone. The third song, ‘Pan’, is written for both soloists, with the melody passing back and forth between the singers. Xenophanes is also written for both soloists singing an octave and a third apart. 10 minutes Lamentations Bass and theorbo Score 9780193363809 Comprising 4 separate ‘Lamentations’, this work for bass voice and theorbo takes its text from John Donne’s The Lamentations of Jeremy, and is set in <strong>Howard</strong> <strong>Skempton</strong>’s characteristic pared-down style. 15 minutes Winter Poem Mezzo soprano and piano Vocal score 9780193392939 This beautiful, simple piece for mezzo soprano and piano sets part of Alexander McCall Smith’s poem, Winter Poem. It was first performed at Clare Hall College, Cambridge on 8th December 2012. 4 minutes 15
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