Noten von Komponistinnen für Gesang: Meisterwerke für die Stimme

Five Love Songs are scored for Soprano and Guitar They were composed in 1955, making them one of the composer's earliest published works. They are dedicated to the Soprano Flore Wend and the guitarist...

A Suite O Bairnsangs, poems by Maurice Lindsay. Arranged for high voice and piano. Commissioned for Scottish Festival 1953.

Kaija Saariaho 's Lonh, scored for Soprano Voice and Electronics, was commissioned by the Wien Modern Festival and premiered on the 20th October 1996. The title  Lonh, meaning far away or distant...

A work for Soprano and Piano. A setting of the text Eino Leino. Alternative title: 'Evening Prayer'

Written for soprano and piano with text taken from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Measure for measure and Othello.

Kaija Saariaho's Emilie was commissioned by Opéra de Lyon, Barbican Centre, London and Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. It was first performed on 1st March 2010 at Opéra de Lyon with Karita Matti...

For Tenor and Piano. In the Mist was written whilst I was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in the summer of 2008. I had the opportunity to work with the poet Lloyd Schwartz, setting one of his...

Cheryl Frances-Hoad's Something More Than Mortal for Solo Soprano.

19 Arien und Lieder (E. Rieger).

The poetry of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) is especially appealing due to the wide range of topics, diversity of mood and peculiar imagination of the poet. The writings are reflective, passionate, witt...

The five letters which provide the lyrics for the songs (adapted by the composer) were selected for their range of topics and sentiments. Some portray the wildlife in the mountains ('Glacier Birds...'...

Mother to Son is based on the powerful poem by Langston Hughes. The mother (voice) is a strong woman, one who has persevered and is still climbing, still surviving: 'Well, son, I'll tell you: / Life f...