20th / 21st Century Song Collections

This work was inspired by the Radcliffe Ladies' Choir and their motto: "Friendship through singing." The lilting vocal lines are underpinned by a delicate piano part, and the opening performance direction

Quartel's lyrical setting of a Langston Hughes poem has a lilting melodic line and an effective piano part. Popular as an SSA and SATB choral piece, it has now been skillfully adapted as a vocal solo with

Here is a lyric beauty with lovely legato lines, a gorgeous piano part, and a picturesque text. "In my song there's a race through a wild green meadow, the sunshine so bright in my eyes..." Popular as an

This atmospheric setting of words from Shakespeare's As You Like It is sprightly and uplifting, with the singer being asked to perform with "a bit of frost and a knowing smile." Musically it

Commissioned by Roderick Williams, this characterful trilogy of songs sets poems by John Greening that present a vibrant, modern take on each of Schubert's song cycles. The song cycle includes: A

With a text by American writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson, this compelling musical setting speaks to the way the power of song can help to overcome dark times. The powerful text is

These two songs, setting poems by Emily Dickinson for soprano and piano, are highly contrasting. Summer is meditative and nostalgic, while Hope is mercurial and fleet-footed, evoking

The Moon is Flashing was originally scored for tenor solo and full orchestra, bust has here been rescored for chamber ensemble (Bb Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano), broadening its reach to