Companion books to the CD of the same name plus bonus material, featuring songs and arias for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone.
Book 1 Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano.
Book 2 Tenor and Baritone.
HERE/AFTER Song Collections (2013)
Book One: Soprano / Mezzo-Soprano
Rise and Fall (2007)
1. Water Stone (Noguchi)
2. Incantation Bowl
3. Angels’ Wings
4. The Shaman
Camille Claudel: Into the Fire (2012)
Prelude
1. Rodin
2. La Valse
3. Shakuntala
4. La Petite Chatelaine
5. The Gossips
6. L’Age Mur
7. Epilogue: Jessie Lipscomb visits Camille Claudel, Montdevergues Asylum, 1929
Two songs from Pieces of 9/11 (2011)
1. Lessons
2. Beyond
“The Queen of Hell” – soprano aria from To Hell and Back (2006)
“Daybreak” – mezzo-soprano aria from Three Decembers (2010)
HERE/AFTER Song Collections (2013)
Book Two: Tenor / Baritone
Friendly Persuasions (2008)
1. Wanda Landowska
2. Pierre Bernac
3. Raymonde Linossier
4. Paul Eluard
A Question of Light (2011)
1. The Light of Coincidences (Magritte)
2. Eccentric Fling (Ancient Maya)
3. Yellow Roses in a Vase (Caillebotte)
4. Place de la Concorde (Mondrian)
5. El Hombre (Tamayo)
6. Watch (Murphy)
“That Moment On” from Pieces of 9/11 (2011)
Three Arias from the opera Moby-Dick (2010)
1. I See (tenor)
2. Starbuck’s Soliloquy, or The Musket Scene (baritone)
3. Human Madness, or The Coffin Scene (tenor)
Two Baritone Arias from the opera Three Decembers (2008)
1. “Curt.” She called him “Curt.”
2. Each day I write you four little lines.
Collections are published Songbooks or books of compositions. The songs and arias are often found individually in Recordings as well as Compositions. One or more recordings have been made. (Here is a Search for them.) Sheet Music, Scores, Parts and Performance Materials are available from billholabmusic.com.
