SONGS FOR VOICE/UNISON & PIANO

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SETS OF SONGS

Of Thy Peace Cycle of Five Sacred texts for Soprano and Strings (or Piano)
Duration about 12 Minutes
Fletcher: Litany – Herbert: Love - Manley Hopkins: Pied Beauty -
Donne : Hymne to God the Father - Prayer of St Francis

Shakespeare Songs Seven songs to Shakespeare texts for voice and piano (with optional Bass)
Jazz(ish) style, originally written to punctuate a production of Much Ado About Nothing, though not all the texts come from that play.
Not really suitable for performing as a set, but individual numbers may be appealing.
Total Duration about 12 minutes
O Mistress Mine – Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind – Sigh No More, Ladies –
It was a Lover and his Lass – Wedding is Great Juno’s Crown – Willow Song –
Pardon, Goddess of the Night

INDIVIDUAL SONGS
All in a light idiom, with words by the composer

Only a Fool Sad ballad from the Musical version of Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters

Sure Wistful ballad

I'll Remember You Voice/U, a love song
Probably Guy Turner’s most successful unpublished piece

Tequila Samba Voice/U
(see Published Works page)

Bitter Lemon Sad ballad for high voice

Sloe Gin Bues A hangover song for medium voice!

Star Turn A comic song for tenor - a crowd pleaser!

Rosemary and Time Sad ballad for tenor

The Yeovil Gloving Song Voice/U
Believe it or not, a comic song about how gloves are made.

Lullaby for Kate A slushy Lullaby

It was like an Old Song Over the top nostalgic ballad

The One that got away Raunchy (ish) comic song to be sung cabaret style by a girl who has been round the block a few times!

SOLO VOICE ARRANGEMENTS
Four Songs arranged for medium voice and piano from ‘classical’ instrumental works

Find a Word you Like to Say Arranged form the Waltz from Khatchaturian’s Masquerade Suite
Words by GT

So, so Beautiful Arranged from Debussy’s Claire de Lune
Words by GT

From an Absent Friend Arranged from Bach’s BWV 106 (first movement)
Words by Richard Bryan

Schubert Song Arranged from Schubert Piano Trion D898
Words pending

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