Take your singing to the next level with the exciting additions to the student repertoire featured in this book and 2 x CD set.Continuing from The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos - Part II TheSecond Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos contains over 30 songs that require a little more vocal range and musical sophistication but are still decidedly student material.

Judith Weir's Good Morning Midnight was commissioned by Wigmore Hall and was first performed on 6th June 2015 at the Wigmore Hall in London. The work is arranged for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Ensemble and lasts around 20 minutes. This is the vocal score with a Piano reduction. Good Morning Midnight takes its name from a poem by Emily Dickinson whose poetry bookends this work asetting of five different verses in total. The words all centre around the theme of night solitude quiet and the passage of time the beauty of which is matched by Weir's fantastic music. Taking the words as herinspiration Weir creates a satisfying work that's full of emotion and a sheer joy to listen to. At its world premiere it was performed by Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-Soprano) and the AuroraOrchestra conducted by Nicolas Collon.

for solo voice and orchestra-An intense reflection on romantic passion and loss Anders Hillborg?s ?lontano in sonno? for Voice (Mezzosoprano/Soprano) and orchestra sets sonnets by Petrarch. Originally written for Anne Sofie von Otter this 15-minute work unfolds slowly the Voice floating over a gleaming unearthly soundscape lit from within by glass Harmonica. ?Hillborg has never shied away from the heavenly and the dazzling and once again has developed a singular musical space... The text (taken from Petrarch?s Sonnets) revolves around the conflict between pleasant memory and the painfulabsence? A blisteringly beautiful work!? - Dagens Nyheter (Martin Nyström) 20 December 2003.