Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. For practical reasons in two books, each with ten settings.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 1: You (1st of 52) - the original tone row is introduced.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 2: Forest (4th of 52) - the opening evokes the tall trees.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 3: River (5th of 52) - an evocative depiction of the river.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 4: Hour (7th of 52) - time is measured, slowed. "Time hates love,"
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 5: If I was dead (11th of 52) - Achingly beautiful
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 6: Rapture (14th of 52) - bluesy and passionate
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 7: Elegy (15th of 52) - strange words, and a fitting tone row.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 8: Row (16th of 52) - idyllic .. "but when we rowed ...."
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 9: Fall (22nd of 52) - Autumn, short days, a short setting!
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 10: Give (25th of 52) - seven verses, and what a story!
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 11: Spring (33rd of 52) - evocative words with music to match.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 12: Answer (34th of 52) - five verses, "yes, yes" even to death.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 13: Treasure (35th of 52) - precious indeed, with an ending to match.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 14: Presents (26th of 52) - short, delightfully quirky poem with sprechgesang setting.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 15: Grief (41st of 52) - especially heartfelt, with a dear friend dying.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 16: Land (43rd of 52) - technically complicated, easy feel, evoking Scotland.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 18: The Love Poem (49th of 52) - including ten quotes, 'gesprochen'.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 19: Art (50th of 52) - one of the more dramatic settings.
Rapture Song Cycle for Female Voice and Pianoforte: 20 settings of the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. Range: C4 to B5 with ossia. 20: Over (52nd of 52) - so bleak, then reflective, and consolation.
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