SCORES
Two Shakespeare Songs
for soprano & piano
text by William Shakespeare
LISTEN
ABOUT
From the icy north wind pictured in ‘When Icicles hang by the Wall’ to Ariel’s free spirit of light and air in ‘Where the Bee Sucks’, Two Shakespeare Songs have enjoyed various interpretations over the years including by soprano Sarah Redgwick who performed them at the Barbican in her Gold Medal winning recital.
soprano & piano
DURATION
3:30
DATE OF COMPOSITION
1991
PERFORMANCES
17 July 1994 (World Premiere) Camille van Lunen / Wendy Hiscocks
King’s Lynn Festival, UK
1995 Jennifer Bates / Claire Munn
Glasgow University, Scotland.
1997 Camille van Lunen / Wendy Hiscocks
Harrison House, Halifax, UK.
1999 Sarah Redwick / Wendy Hiscocks
Southwark Cathedral, London.
The City Temple, London.
1999 (Belgium premiere) Nathalie Pilon / Patrick de Hooghe
Albert Roussel Festival, Gotische Zaal Stadhuis Poperinge
2000 Adele Johnston / Len Vorster
Turramurra, Sydney
Studio One, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.
2001 (Swiss premiere) Anne Ramoni / June Dinkel
Chateau de Grandson, Geneva, Switzerland
2001 Sarah Redgwick (Gold Medal Award) / Matthew Nichols
Barbican Concert Hall, London
2005 Velma Guyer / Christina Haan
Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, University of Cincinatti, USA
2006 Velma Guyer / Paul Thurmond
Wattenbarger Auditorium, Tennessee Technological University, USA
2010 Velma Guyer / Wendy Hiscocks
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
RECORDINGS
Vivien Hamilton / Wendy Hiscocks
ABC ‘in house’ recording
