Libby Larsen

For soprano and piano. Based on poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portugese explores the finding of a mature love by a woman who wonders what part of her must she sacrifice to the...

An opera based on Jenny Lind's American tour in 1850, and her relationship with P. T. Barnum who organised the tour. for soprano, tenor, baritone, and mezzo soprano soloists, and 8 other on-stage sing...

Acclaimed composer Libby Larsen set words of a young girl in this choral work that explores the essence of music and singing. Beginning quietly, the tones grow into a rushing river of sound or a const...

From a three-part collection based on poetry by American pioneers, this third piece, 'A Hoopla, ' depicts a barn dance and vocalists circle round the instruments, stomp, clap, and generally perform wi...

For speaker, mezzo-soprano solo, SATB chorus, clarinet, cello, piano, and percussion (2 players). A dramatic cantata which is vibrant, varied, and in the end deeply moving. This is a striking programm...

Setting a well-loved medieval text, this effective piece paints the story of Jesus through lyrical melodies and beautiful harmonic surprises.