Soprano Songs

Emily in Love…Emily Alone for soprano and piano (Emily Dickinson)

  1. Again – his voice is at the door – 4’37”
  2. He touched me – 2’40”
  3. What would I give to see his face? – 3’40”
  4. What shall I do? – 4’00”
  5. If you were coming in the Fall – 2’15”
  6. I got so I could take his name – 3’40”

 

Alice Pierce premiered Emily in Love…Emily Alone, In Early Spring, and Quand je me joue a ma chatte.

 

 

Love’s Shades of Gray for soprano and piano (Rob Smith)

  1. Beyond Horizons – 3’25”
  2. If I Scare You – 2’20”
  3. Town Gossip – 3’30”
  4. If We Were Children – 3’20”
  5. Quiet Time – 2’00”

Marguerite Krull made the recording of Love’s Shades of Gray with Craig Ketter, piano

 

Rob Smith is one of my favorite living poets.  In addition to the poems above, I have set three as choral works – Remembering Clocks, Morning, and Winter is so much softer.

 

 

 

 

Passages for soprano and piano (Salvatore Salerno)

Premiered by Beth Cram Porter and pianist Dowell Idol

  1. In Place – 2’35”
  2. All in a Dream – 2’50”
  3. Canzone – 2’00”
  4. On my Shining Hour – 3’50”

 

 

 

Visions of Eternity for soprano and piano (Emily Dickinson)

Ayumi Nakamae premiered Visions of Eternity with Marjorie Rahima Hohlstein, piano

  1. The doomed regard the sunrise – 2’40”
  2. Papa Above – 1’10”
  3. She bore it till the simple veins – 2’30”   
  4. Safe in their Alabaster Chambers – 2’45”
  5. I’ve heard an organ talk sometimes – 1’40”
  6. Going to Heaven! – 2’30”

 

A Wagtail Dance for soprano or tenor and piano (Emily Dickinson)

 

Heather Parr premiered A Wagtail Dance with Paul Porreca, piano

  1. Bee! I’m expecting you – 1’15”
  2. The Pedigree of Honey – 1’05”
  3. A Single Clover Plank – 1’55”
  4. A Bee his Burnished Carriage – 1’30”
  5. Of Silken Speech and Specious Shoe – 1’30”
  6. Bees are Black – 1’30”
  7. We – Bee and I – 2’05”
  8. To Make a Prairie – 50”