Art Songs
Subway Songs
From poetry found on the New York City Subway’s “Poetry in Motion” series, “Subway Songs” were premiered at the Manhattan School of Music. The track below is Revival (Snow is a mind falling) poem by Steven Crow sung by soprano Alison Kelly.
Revival
Three Rossetti Songs
Christina Rossetti, a 19th century British poet, has long been a favorite of composers. This cycle is three of her poems: A Birthday, The First Day and Song (When I am dead my dearest).
The Rhodora
Written to be part of the 2007 concert series “America Singing; Songs from American Poets and Composers” in Rockport, Maine, The Rhodora is a great poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Here is soprano Laura Bonazzoli singing it.
Rhodora
Three Love Songs
Premiered at the Ashlawn Highland Music Festival by tenor Corey Trahan in 2009. The track below is Leigh Hunt’s poem Jenny Kiss’d Me sung by Corey.
Jenny Kiss’d Me
Ulysses
“To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.” A concert aria for bass-baritone from the brilliant poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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