Texts to Art Songs and Choral Works by C. Bray
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Song Cycles, Collections, Symphonies, etc.:
- Crossing Faultlines
- no. 1. In the margins (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- no. 2. Like a drum (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- no. 3. And Now Her Song (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- Curious Calculations
- no. 1. The wisest old man that ever was known (Text: Charles Henry Ross)
- no. 2. John was a bad boy, and beat a poor cat (Text: Charles Henry Ross)
- Eyes of the Unknown
- no. 1. The Sun Rises (Text: Sholeh Wolpé after Forough Farrokhzad) [x] ⊗
- no. 2. The Wind Will Blow Us Away (Text: Sholeh Wolpé after Forough Farrokhzad) [x] ⊗
- Fire Burning in Snow
- no. 1. Moonshot (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- no. 2. Loose Ends (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- no. 3. Occupations (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- Midnight closes
- no. 1. A thunderstorm in town (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 2. I say I'll seek her (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- no. 3. Faint heart in a railway train (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- Sonnets and Love Songs
- no. 1. A Temple (Text: Fernando Pessoa , as Alexander Search)
- no. 3. Mirrored Faces (Text: Fernando Pessoa)
- no. 4. Silent Streams (Text: Fernando Pessoa)
- The Earth Cried Out to the Sky
- no. 1. An old mulberry tree near Mariupol. . . (Text: Oksana Maksymchuk after Borys Humenyuk) ⊗*
- no. 2. Latifa (Text: Tatiana Filimonova after Ostap Slyvynsky) ⊗
- Verre de Venise
- no. 1. souviennent (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG GER
- no. 2. épris d'avenir (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
- no. 3. l'enterrement des rêves (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- no. 4. pur espace (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG GER
- no. 5. un chemin de lumière (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- no. 6. épris d'avenir (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
- no. 7. verre de Venise (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
- no. 8. l'âme-oiseau (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- no. 9. la voix des eaux (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- Yellow Leaves
- no. 9. Old Tales (Text: Caroline Thomas) [x]
All titles of vocal settings in Alphabetic order
- And Now Her Song (in Crossing Faultlines) (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- An old mulberry tree near Mariupol. . . (in The Earth Cried Out to the Sky) (Text: Oksana Maksymchuk after Borys Humenyuk) ⊗*
- A Temple (in Sonnets and Love Songs) (Text: Fernando Pessoa , as Alexander Search)
- A thunderstorm in town (in Midnight closes) (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- Dos Poemas de Amor [song cycle] (Text: Pablo Neruda) [x]
- épris d'avenir (in Verre de Venise) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
- épris d'avenir (in Verre de Venise) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
- Faint heart in a railway train (in Midnight closes) (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- In the margins (in Crossing Faultlines) (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- I say I'll seek her (in Midnight closes) (Text: Thomas Hardy)
- I Will Greet the Sun Again (Text: Sholeh Wolpé after Forough Farrokhzad) [x] ⊗
- John was a bad boy, and beat a poor cat (in Curious Calculations) (Text: Charles Henry Ross)
- l'âme-oiseau (in Verre de Venise) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- Latifa (in The Earth Cried Out to the Sky) (Text: Tatiana Filimonova after Ostap Slyvynsky) ⊗
- la voix des eaux (in Verre de Venise) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- l'enterrement des rêves (in Verre de Venise) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- Like a drum (in Crossing Faultlines) (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- Loose Ends (in Fire Burning in Snow) (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- Mirrored Faces (in Sonnets and Love Songs) (Text: Fernando Pessoa)
- Moonshot (in Fire Burning in Snow) (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- Occupations (in Fire Burning in Snow) (Text: Nicki Jackowska) *
- Old Tales (in Yellow Leaves) (Text: Caroline Thomas) [x]
- pur espace (in Verre de Venise) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG GER
- Silent Streams (in Sonnets and Love Songs) (Text: Fernando Pessoa)
- souviennent (in Verre de Venise) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG ENG GER
- The Sun Rises (in Eyes of the Unknown) (Text: Sholeh Wolpé after Forough Farrokhzad) [x] ⊗
- The Wind Will Blow Us Away (in Eyes of the Unknown) (Text: Sholeh Wolpé after Forough Farrokhzad) [x] ⊗
- The wisest old man that ever was known (in Curious Calculations) (Text: Charles Henry Ross)
- un chemin de lumière (in Verre de Venise) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke)
- verre de Venise (in Verre de Venise) (Text: Rainer Maria Rilke) ENG
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