GRADE 7 SINGING

- theatracal singing pieces flashcards

he shall feed his flock

He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd is an aria (Ar ria) from George Frideric Handel’s famous oratorio (ori tori o) Messiah. I especially enjoy the recitative (resist tat tiv a) as it sets the scene creating vivid imagery of the story of god caring to his people.

green confield

This is an english folk song, composed by Michael head set to the Victorian poet christiana rossetti who actually spent time living in somerset near me. This piece is filled with rich poetic language that truly conveys the buety of nature and the gentle rhythm matches the sense of walking through the countryside

-          My lady Green sleeves

was arranged by Roger Quilter and is a beautiful love song with a simple but memorable tune making it lovely to sing. is a traditional English folk song that would have originally been ocompanied by the lute and was said to have been composed by henry the eight  in honor of Anne Boleyn and has evolved to become a well known song .

 

Somewhere

It is a ballad composed by Stephan (Steven) Sondheim ( sond hymn ) and Leonard (len ord) Bernstein ( burn styne). It is a song from the musical westside story which is a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1950s new York, this was originally a duet and due to its fellings of hope it was my faverote song when I saw the musical

-          Misty

Composed by Erroll Garner, a jazz pianist with lyrics by Jhonny burke.The pice has been covered by many great artists however my faverote cover was by ella fitzgerals who sung it with a dreamy and compassionate tone , that i enjoy singing with as well.