Includes versions for High Medium or Low Voice (G F or E flat) with Piano accompaniment. Performance note by Gordon Stewart.Preface:The words for Panis Angelicus are from a longer hymn text Sacris Solemnis written by St Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century for the newly established Feast of Corpus Christi and would originally have been sung to a plainchant. César Franck set this verse of seven lines in 1872. His deep religious feelings fashioned a memorable melody one which is within the scope of all singers - its range is only a seventh and if you follow the word patterns the breathing sits comfortably. It is in its way simple and direct but with the chance to use the voice to its full. The Latin words are not hard to sing but if you prefer to perform it in English the translation conveys the essential meaning. Franck originally wrote Panis Angelicus for Tenor Cello Harp Organ and Double Bass but it slips easily into the Keyboard arrangement. The colours of the original scoring are evident the Organ's sustained chords the semi-staccato notes for the Harp and the Cello's countermelody beginning in bar 38 (which could be transferred to another melodic instrument if that suits the occasion). Some discreet repetition of the long tied notes and doubling of the bass at the octave can give the Piano more resonance. The accompaniment probably works best with a minimum pedalling and an Organist's style of fingering. The dynamics ask for a triumphant final statement of the words 'pauper servus' in bar 53. It makes complete musical sense to make a diminuendo for the word 'humilis' in bar 56 leading to a thoughtful postlude.

When The Spring Comes Round?(original title in French: Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront) is a song for solo Soprano Voice part of a staged recitation with orchestra ?Une voix dans ledésert? (A Voice in the Desert) written by the English composer?Edward Elgar?in 1915. The words are by the Belgian poet Émile Cammaerts and were translated into English by his wife Tita Brand.?In this Novello edition the orchestra part has been transcribed into a Piano accompaniment.Many of Sir Edward Elgar?s works have entered the British and international classicalconcert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations the Pomp and Circumstance Marches concertos for Violin and Cello and two symphonies. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.

Sixteen songs and seven arias for high voice and Piano composed over a fifteen-year period from 1989 to 2004 with texts in English French German and translations from German Portuguese and Russian. Texts from theBible Shakespeare Mozart Rimbaud Fernando Pessoa and Paul Celan and by living writers Roger Pulvers Kevin Power Victoria Hardie and Michael Hastings. While the original text-free version of Life's Chaos appeared aspart of the musical accompaniment to Dziga Vertov's Man With A Movie Camera there are songs from three of his film scores: The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover Prospero's Books and The Diary OfAnne Frank and from four song cycles: L'Orgie Parisienne Six Celan Songs Cycle of Disquietude and Acts Of Beauty. There are arias from two stage operas Facing Goya and Man and Boy:Dada and a TV opera Letters Riddles and Writs.

Soprano lirico/drammatico - Lyric to Full Soprano-A selection of 36 arias for voice and piano with plot synopses and translations in Italian and English.A selection of 36 arias for voice and piano with plot synopses and translations in Italian and English.

Partition pour voix élevée et pianoCollection : Bonnardot JacquelineNombre de pages : 59Gounod, comme Berlioz à la même époque, eut le grand mérite d'avoir donné à la mélodie un relief qu'elle n'avait pas eu jusque là en France. C'est avec lui que naît véritablement la mélodie française qui se substitue peu à peu à la romance, plus simple et d'un accompagnement moins raffiné. Gounod, en particulier dans ses premières oeuvres, choisit de beaux textes et calque avec un grand talent sa mélodie sur le chant du langage français, en respectant le rythme établi par le poète. Nous avons voulu présenter une anthologie des mélodies qui nous ont semblé les mieux adaptées au goût d'aujourd'hui. Les Editions Henry Lemoine, qui furent à l'époque l'un des principaux éditeurs de Charles Gounod, souhaitent ainsi contribuer à faire aimer ces oeuvres au même titre que celles de compositeurs plus souvent interprétés et qui doivent peut-être quelque chose à Gounod... (Jacqueline Bonnardot)Contenu :L'Absent (Ch. Gounod) - Aubade (V. Hugo) - Rêverie (J. Barbier) - Beware ! (H.W. Longfellow) - Ma Belle Amie est morte (Th. Gautier) - Heureux sera le jour (P. de Ronsard) - Sérénade (V. Hugo) - Chanson de printemps (E. Tourneux) - Mignon (L. Gallet) - Au Rossignol (A. de Lamartine)