Graduate recital in voice

Includes recorded audio files in WAV and MP3 formats, 73:77 in length.Poemes Pour Mi were written by Olivier Messiaen in 1963 and orchestrated in 1937. They are typical of the composers style of composition.Rhythmically, Messiaen tired to create the illusion of no rhythm by filling bars with 71/4 beats, 14 beats and so on. They are very expressive songs dealing with emotions from passion to horror. A song for the Lord Mayor's Table was written by William Walton in 1962. This work was commissioned for special performance for the festival of the city of London. It was specially written for soprano, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and pianist, Gerald Moore. It employes many rhythmical devices to enchance to songs, such as, the voice in two-four meter and the piano in six-four meter. Also, sound effects are achieved by the vocalist through repetition of vowel sounds over an otherwise sustained line and the use of sharp accents and occasionally sharp spoken notes. The texts are by different poets and each song depicts a special scene from London life. (See more in text