Duet for Women
Song of the Spirits Over the Water
FREEThis playful duet for two female singers is based on a poem by Goethe, translated by A. S. Kline. The music reflects the leaping, rushing, and streaming of the water described in the text. Duration: 3 minutes (Singers: Sarah Earl and Maddy Hunter) Back to voice music
Playful duet full of text painting, based on poem by Goethe. (3:00)
Solo for Soprano
I Cannot Live With You
FREEThis piece uses most of the text from Emily Dickenson’s powerful poem about love, I Cannot Live With You. While the speaker clearly has affection for the individual she is talking about, she ultimately concludes that their love would be impossible. The poem is used by permission of Harvard University Press. Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds (Singer: Maddy Hunter) Back…
A setting of Emily Dickenson’s powerful poem on love. (3:30)
Mad Song
$2.95This poem by William Blake is meant depict someone who has fallen into insanity. Energetic and wild, you’ll need a solid pianist to perform this piece. Duration: 2 minutes 20 seconds (Singers: Alex Worley and Maddy Hunter) Back to voice music
Descent into insanity, as described by William Blake. (2:20)
Where?
$2.95Where is a short setting of a poem about death by Heinrich Heine. In it, the speaker considers where he might be buried after his own death, and how unimportant the resting place of your body seems to be, as your spirit will be with God. Duration: 2 minutes (midi demo only) Back to voice music
It doesn’t matter where our dead bodies lie, according to Heine. (2:00)