Songs about words and about the pleasure of misery (2012)

five songs for soprano and piano

by Matthew Shlomowitz (1975)

general information

composition date
2012
duration
20min
Dedicatee
à Juliet Fraser et Mark Knoop
Commission
The Britten-Pears Foundation

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Soprano and piano)

detailed formation

soprano, piano

information about the creation

date
April 22, 2013
location

Royaume-Uni, Southampton, Turner Sims Hall

interpreters
Juliet Frazer : soprano ; Mark Knoop : piano

Part titles

  1. Sad Lyric Happy Music
  2. Symptoms of Depression
  3. Misery Thesaurus
  4. He, She and Doxy
  5. Woman Waits, Seething, Blooming

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