Songs from the Aviary [soprano & piano] - SCORE

Songs from the Aviary

song set for soprano & piano

[2019, rev. 2022, pub. 2023]

text by A.E. Wetherald

music by E.K.R. Hammell

Commissioned and premiered by Clarisse Annette Tonigussi, soprano.

WINNER: Oscar Bookbinder Composition Competition (Solo/Duet Category) - Kiwanis Festival of Guelph

known performances include:

• 11 Feb 2023 | Kathryn Rose Johnston (soprano) & Christian Umipig (piano) | Guelph ON Canada
• 22 Nov 2020 | Shannon Scales (soprano) & Magdalena von Eccher (piano) | Charlottetown PE Canada
• 18 Aug 2019 | Shannon Scales (soprano) & Andrea Ellis (piano) | Charlottetown PE Canada
• 05 Feb 2019 | Clarisse Tonigussi (soprano) & Narmina Efendiyeva | Toronto ON Canada
• 02 Feb 2019 | Clarisse Tonigussi (soprano) & Narmina Efendiyeva | Toronto ON Canada
• PREMIERE: 26 Jan 2019 | Clarisse Tonigussi (soprano) & Narmina Efendiyeva | Toronto ON Canada

 

preview score:

EH0009A - Songs from the Aviary - PERUSAL SCORE PDF

 

listen:

https://soundcloud.com/ekrhammellmusic/sets/songs-from-the-aviary-2023

 

purchase info:

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vocal range:

C#4-A5

 

duration:

6 songs, ca. 11 mins total

 

songs:

• i. the bird’s hour (part 1)
• ii. the first bluebird
• iii. the hummingbird
• iv. the screech owl
• v. the chickadee
• vi. the bird’s hour (part 2)

 

program notes:

Songs from the Aviary is a song set comprised of several brief, yet distinct musical images of birds depicted in the poetry of Canadian poet, A.E. Wetherald (1857-1940).

Wetherald’s poems seem to evoke miniature scenes in which intense, fleeting moods suddenly arise from a brief shared moment she may have had with a particular bird. These intense, short bursts of character and personality are what I tried to highlight when creating these six songs.

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