Songs of Dreaming
Songs of Dreaming
Help! My college president wants my chamber ensemble to sing for a major capital campaign in late January - the requested theme is "songs about dreaming." And no, "The Impossible Dream is not an option (thank God). Any suggestions? We won't have much preparation, so accessibility is vital.
Re: Songs of Dreaming
Hello there. One piece that immediately springs to mind is Eric Whitacre's "Sleep" which I think is beautiful. It is, however, not all that accessible and requires some basso profundi (sp?) You should be able to find a few recordings online.
Rob Nottingham
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Re: Songs of Dreaming
Has it got to be in English? There are plenty of works in other languages about this subject. I'll list a few:
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Feli ... _Gesualdo)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Sand ... es_Brahms)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Der_ ... Cornelius)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ella_(Ramiro_Real)
And in English:
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Grea ... Hutcheson)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/In_a ... iantadosi)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/When ... _Friedman)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/The_ ... hen_Adams)
Try searching CPDL's database by keywords like sleep, dream, rêve, sono, sogno, sueño, Traum.
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Feli ... _Gesualdo)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Sand ... es_Brahms)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Der_ ... Cornelius)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ella_(Ramiro_Real)
And in English:
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Grea ... Hutcheson)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/In_a ... iantadosi)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/When ... _Friedman)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/The_ ... hen_Adams)
Try searching CPDL's database by keywords like sleep, dream, rêve, sono, sogno, sueño, Traum.
Re: Songs of Dreaming
Great idea to try other languages! Another potentially useful word for searching: slumber.