This is for both April & Fiona...
there's a piece by Morton Lauridsen for Soprano, Clarinet, Cello & Piano.
Name is escaping me at the moment.
Pat
>
> You don't say whether you want a single long work, or several short
> works,
> so I'll suggest some of both. Since you don't know whether you're a
> mezzo
> or a soprano, I'll suggest some of both:
>
> Carrie Jacobs-Bond: A Perfect Day, for medium voice, piano, and
> cello
> obbligato
>
> Alessandro Scarlatti: Three cantatas for medium voice and cello with
> keyboard: L'armi crudeli e fieri; Clori vezzosa, e bella; Mi ha
> diviso il
> cor
>
> Libby Larsen: Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers, for
> mezzo-soprano, cello, and piano
>
> Anne Deane: Two Love Songs, for (low) soprano, cello, and piano
>
> Oisten Sommerfeldt: Om kjaeerlighet, op 46, for (low) soprano and
> cello
>
> Brahms: Zwei Lieder, op. 91 - scored for viola, but work very well
> with
> cello
>
> J.S. Bach: Wenn kommt der Tag, an dem wir ziehen (aria from Cantata
> #70)
> for cello and continuo (should be bassoon, but probably okay with
> piano)
>
> J.S. Bach: Jesus ist ein guter Hirt (from Cantata 85)
>
> Jeffrey Schanzer: A Mother's Story 1939-40 for mezzo soprano and
> cello
>
> Vally Weigl: Songs of Remembrance, for mezzo, cello, piano
>
>
> J.S. Bach: Offne dich, mein ganzes Herze; Bin ich gleich nur Staub
> und
> Erde (arias from Cantata #61), for soprano and cello with continuo
> (should
> be organ, but probably okay with piano)
>
> David Nelson: Four Songs to poems of John Shaw Neilson, for soprano,
> one
> cello (or viola or clarinet) and piano
>
> Morton Feldman: Four Songs to ee cummings, for soprano, piano, and
> cello
>
> Harrison Birtwistle: Niedecker songs, for soprano and cello
>
> Lynn Gumert: Six Songs from the Japanese
>
> James Wilson: Runes, for soprano and cello
>
> J. Fontyn: Pro & Antiverb(e)s, for soprano and cello (12 minutes)
>
> Nicola Ellis Andrews: You, for soprano and cello
>
> Jonathan Besser: Duet for Soprano plus Cello (scored for
> cello-playing
> soprano) (25 minutes)
>
> Sally Beamish: Cramasie Threid, for soprano and cello
>
> Alexander Popov: Salve Regina, for soprano and cello
>
> George Frederick Handel: Se Pari e la Tua Fe, for soprano, cello,
> and
> continuo
>
> Mary Lee Scoville: Digressions, for soprano and cello
>
> Michael Matthews: Songs of Travel, for soprano and cello (7 minutes)
>
> Boguslaw Schaeffer: Out of Tune, for soprano and cello
>
> Erik Bergman: Lament and Incantation - vocalise for soprano and
> cello (15
> minutes long)
>
> Peter Machajdik: Seven Songs for soprano and cello (or flute) (7
> minutes)
>
> Sofia Gubaidulina: Letter to the Poetess Rimma Dallosh
>
> Ross Edwards: Maninya I, for voice and cello
>
> Paolo Ugoletti: Indian Hymn
>
> Pawel Yukaszewski: Aragena, for soprano and cello
>
> Persis Vehar: Three from Emily, songs for high voice, cello, and
> piano
>
> Pietro Yon: Gesu bambino, for high voice with violin or cello
> obbligato
>
> Pauliina Isomaki: Kaksi laulua (2 songs) for mezzo-soprano and cello
>
> Harri Vuori: Unen ja kuoleman laulut (songs of dreams and death),
> for
> soprano and cello
>
> Kaija Saariaho: Jing, for soprano and cello (8 minutes long)
>
> Jennifer Fowler: Tell out my soul: Magnificat for soprano, cello and
> piano
>
> Andre Previn: Four Songs for soprano, cello, and piano
>
> Andre Previn: Vocalise for soprano, cello, and piano
>
> Betty Roe: Madam's Three Callers, for soprano and cello
>
> Ben Weber: Four Songs, op 40 for soprano or tenor with solo cello
>
> Richard Wernick: The Oracle of Shimon bar Yochai, for soprano,
> cello, and
> piano
>
> Howard Boatwright: Lament of Mary Stuart for soprano and keyboard,
> with
> cello or viola da gamba
>
> Fred Katz: Make a Joyful Noise, for soprano, cello, and piano
>
> Fred Katz: Song of Changes, for soprano, cello, and piano
>
> Aaron Jay Kernis: Love Scenes, for soprano and cello (25 minutes)
>
> Lori Laitman: Love Poems of Marichiko, six songs for soprano and
> cello
>
> Leonard Bernstein: Dream with Me
>
> There is also a book of arias with continuo and cello obbligato by
> baroque
> composers Camilla de Rossi and Catterina Benedetta Grazianini,
> published
> by ClarNan Editions.
>
>
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