The selection of songs has been carefully considered to represent a variety of composers from primarily the twentieth century. Songs were chosen that are appropriate challenges to the advancing teenage singer, or for the university student.
DOMINICK ARGENTO: Dirge · LEONARD BERNSTEIN: I hate music! · FRANK BRIDGE: Love went a-riding · BENJAMIN BRITTEN: The Nurse’s Song · BENJAMIN BRITTEN: O Waly, Waly · BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Sail on, sail on · BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Sephestia’s Lullaby · AARON COPLAND: At the River · AARON COPLAND: Heart, we will forget him · AARON COPLAND: The Little Horses · AARON COPLAND: Simple Gifts · AARON COPLAND: The world feels dusty · GERALD FINZI: It was a lover and his lass · JOHN IRELAND: Spring Sorrow · C. HUBERT H. PARRY: A Spring Song · HENRY PURCELL (realizations by Benjamin Britten): I attempt from love’s sickness · HENRY PURCELL (realizations by Benjamin Britten): If music be the food of love (1st version) · ROGER QUILTER: Dream Valley · ROGER QUILTER: Love’s Philosophy · ROGER QUILTER: Weep you no more · NED ROREM: Little Elegy · NED ROREM: Love · CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: A Lullaby · RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Bright is the ring of words · RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea · RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The sky above the roof