Jocelyn Pook’s Hearing Voices was commissioned by BBC3 for the BBC Concert Orchestra who gave the first performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London on 3 December 2012 with Melanie Pappenheim mezzosoprano conducted by Charles Hazlewood.The text for Hearing Voices was written by Emma Bernard. It also uses the words of artists Bobby Baker and Julie McNamara Jocelyn's relatives PhyllisWilliams and Mary Pook and the seamstress Agnes Richter inmate in a German asylum in the 1890s who covered her straightjacket with densely embroidered text. Instrumentation:2 Flutes (I/Alto II/Piccolo)2 Oboes (II/Cor Anglais)2 Clarinets (II/Bass Clarinet)2 Bassoons (II/Contrabassoon)4 Horns2 Trumpets3 TrombonesTubaTimpaniPercussion (2 players):Hi-Hat Cymbals Splash Cymbal Sleigh Bells Side Drum Bass Drum Temple Blocks Crotales Glockenspiel Vibraphone Xylophone Tubular BellsHarpSampler (recorded voices)StringsSolo mezzo-sopranoDuration: circa 35 minutes

Opp-Ned / Up-Down for Symphony Orchestra and 2 voices by Olav Anton Thommessen (1972/73)

Joseph Martin and the creative team that brought you The Winter Rose and Journey of Promises now present their latest major work The Voices of Christmas. Using beloved carols and new anthems especiallycomposed for the cantata the story of Christmas unfolds through the “voices” of witnesses (narration) and is echoed in the voices of the choir as they sing the good news of the Savior's birth. Beautiful orchestrationsby Brant Adams are available as well as a full menu of companion products and support material. Familiar carol melodies abound: The First Noel • The Gallery Carol • St. Denio • O Come O Come Emmanuel • GodRest Ye Merry Gentleman • Masters in this Hall • Adeste Fideles • Still Still Still • In Dulci Jubilo – making this joyful cantata a splendid choice for your holiday programming.

Scored for Baritone/Narrator and Ensemble this humerous work takes its texts from various sources including internet spam!Baritone Voice/NarratorFluteOboeClarinetBassClarinetBassoonFrench HornTrumpetTrombone2 PercussionistsPiano and Keyboard SamplerViolin 1Violin 2ViolaCelloDoubleBass

« As if a voice were in them? » (Comme s?ils contenaient une voix? ) écrit William Wordsworth dans son poème sur les Hautes Alpes. Dans ce poème la nature est présentée comme une force toute-puissante sans nom ayant aussi une énergie créative et reflétant l?âme humaine. Il fut commandé par la Swiss Brass Band Association pour le Concours Suisse des Brass Bands à Montreux en 2014. Un morceau éblouissant pour gagner des concours !

for baritone and piano. Par DAVIES PETER MAXWELL. Opening simply with a solo voice, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' Italian settings of eight poems by Renaissance artist Michelangelo for baritone and piano take both the performers and audience on a striking journey through Michelangelo’s tortured and knotty Tuscan poetry. The piano is introduced in the second of the eight settings punctuating the vocal part with a variety of different textures from bell-like figuration to turbulent virtuosity. / Date parution : 2009-11-20/ Répertoire / Baryton et Piano

The Bavarian State Library in Munich made a quite sensational discovery in 2007: a previously unknown Lied for Voice (soprano) and Piano by Franz Liszt was found which he had written down himself. The work shows Liszt at hisbest; it was composed in 1843 and dedicated to Count Franz von Pocci from Munich. This was a good enough reason for Henle Publishers to publish the manuscript in the form of a high-quality facsimile which also contains the musicin modern music print and extensive information concerning the fascinating circumstances of its genesis. A true delight for all connoisseurs and lovers of Franz Liszt.

Six Russian Folksongs is a work by John Tavener composed for Soprano Voice and Ensemble. The work was composed for the 15th birthday of the Nash Ensemble.

Ti Etuder For Born has been composed by Charlotte Schiotz for Voice and Piano accompaniment.

for Brass Band and Percussion-Premiered and commissioned by Voice of America' on September 11 2003 paying tribute to the national spirit of grim determination and unity as well as of tragedy and ominousness following 9/11.