OUP Women Composers Orchestral, Opera, Chamber, Instrumental and Choral Catalogue

Rebecca Clarke 8

Rebecca Clarke 8 Choral Secular Chorus from Shelley's 'Hellas' SSSAA unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193861909 Digital 9780193560109 Although quite short, this is one of Clarke's boldest and, in some respects, most ambitious compositions. It sets Shelley's magnificent ode to the Evening Star. 5.5 minutes Come, oh come, my life's delight SATB unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193866607 Digital 9780193560147 This is a lilting take on the Elizabethan lute-song full of smooth Stanford-like nineteenth-century harmonies, exquisitely tempered with modal effects. 2 minutes A Lover's Dirge SATB unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193866652 Digital 9780193560086 Taken at a slow processional tempo this work has a predominantly canonic texture. The syncopated passages are at once sombre and sensual, and the balancing homophonic phrases achieve real power. A short, fairly easy piece that establishes a compelling mood, it is suitable for school and adult choirs. 2.5 minutes Music, when soft voices die SATB unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193866669 Digital 9780193560185 Music, when soft voices die combines aspects of nineteenthcentury English pastoral style with some of the tonal adventurousness of Vaughan Williams's Shakespeare settings. This is an exceptionally beautiful setting of this familiar text. 3.5 minutes My spirit like a charmed bark doth float SATB unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193866676 Digital 9780193560130 This is one of Clarke's many pieces on love, and one of the best. It combines the English modality of earlier times with foretastes of the adventurous chromaticism of her later work. It is a lovely piece, enjoyable to sing, and creates a compelling mood. 2.5 minutes Now fie on love TTBarB unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193866621 Digital 9780193560093 Now fie on love is a rollicking glee with all the usual imitative points and a somewhat unusual allotment of brawny sarcasm. It makes an effective encore. 1.5 minutes Philomela SATB unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193866638 Digital 9780193560161 This is an appropriately aching setting of Sir Philip Sidney's poem of unending desire and longing. There are gorgeous chromatics and enharmonics and a masterful use of a triplet pattern which becomes the restless hunger driving the poem. 5.5 minutes Weep you no more, sad fountains SATB unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193866683 Digital 9780193560178 Weep you no more, sad fountains is a modern take on the Elizabethan lute-song, integrating the characteristic alternations of minor and major, fondness for crossrelations, and vivid word-painting. The synthesis is remarkably compelling. 2.5 minutes When cats run home and light is come SATB unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193866690 Digital 9780193560123 This work sets text by Tennyson and seems suitable to the type of picturesque Victorian part-song that Clarke emulated. 2 minutes

Ave Maria SSA unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193860803 Digital 9780193560116 This exquisite setting for SSA unaccompanied voices of a well-known Marian motet (in Latin) was the first of Rebecca Clarke's choral works ever to be published. 2 minutes He That Dwelleth in the Secret Place of the Most High SSAATTBB unaccompanied, SAATB soloists Vocal Score 9780193866614 Digital 9780193560079 He That Dwelleth evokes Holst and Vaughan Williams in their more visionary modes. This is especially true of the opening and closing passages with their gently bi tonal effect that surrounds the highly varied and often quite passionate inner verses. The harmonies are bracing and the work is technically demanding. 7 minutes Choral Sacred Rebecca Clarke Choral Advent & Christmas There is no rose Solo baritone & ATBarB unaccompanied Vocal Score 9780193866645 Digital 9780193560154 The setting is full of gentle hemiola and canonic effects, and makes much use of parallel sixths and thirds. 3 minutes 9