{"id":6484,"date":"2020-02-08T09:01:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T09:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/?p=6484"},"modified":"2020-02-18T15:53:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T15:53:02","slug":"new-song-cycle-a-smile-and-a-sigh-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/?p=6484","title":{"rendered":"New Song Cycle! &#8211; A Smile and a Sigh &#8211; now available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>A Smile and A Sigh (2020)<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3>Song Cycle<br \/>\nText by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)<br \/>\nI. A Song of Flight<br \/>\nII. Echo<br \/>\nIII. Long These Days That Pass<\/h3>\n<p>Duration: 13 minutes<br \/>\nClick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/gua1khspfd76r7o\/POEMS%20FOR%20SONGS.pdf?dl=0\">HERE<\/a> to read poems<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Versions:<br \/>\n1) Soprano and piano<br \/>\n2) Two Sopranos and piano and\/or piano and mixed ensemble with elastic scoring<br \/>\n3) Soprano and electric guitar<br \/>\n  (written for soprano Kristina Bachrach and electric guitarist D.J. Sparr)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Soprano and Piano<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Below are DEMO recordings of the songs:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I. A Song of Flight<\/strong><\/em> (the song has since been revised\/expanded; to see the updated version, please look at the MIDI demo score video under &#8220;Two Singers&#8221;):<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6484-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A-Song-of-Flight_Kristina.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A-Song-of-Flight_Kristina.mp3\">http:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A-Song-of-Flight_Kristina.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong><em>II. Echo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RGfLtVPaEc8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>III. Long These Days That Pass<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z21wqNHAO7c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Soprano and Piano Score: $40<br \/>\nPDF Download<br \/>\n[purchase_link id=&#8221;6466&#8243; text=&#8221;Purchase&#8221; style=&#8221;button&#8221; color=&#8221;blue&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Two Sopranos and piano and\/or piano with mixed ensemble<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This version was written for a specific instrumentation for an upcoming concert, but the instrumentation is elastic &#8211; I am more than happy to change\/add parts to this, if you are interested in the mixed ensemble parts. Nonetheless, this version works fine with two singers and piano. <\/p>\n<p>Audio of MIDI &#8211; I. A Song of Flight &#8211; one soprano<\/p>\n<p>Here is a MIDI DEMO Score Video (piano part is the same in both vocal score and mixed ensemble):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nynrvtJPtoc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Audio of MIDI &#8211; II. Echo &#8211; one soprano<\/p>\n<p>Here is a MIDI DEMO Score Video (piano part is the same in both vocal score and mixed ensemble):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YVnSIs4hEsQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Audio of MIDI &#8211; III. Long These Days That Pass &#8211; two sopranos<\/p>\n<p>Here is a MIDI DEMO Score Video (piano part is the same in both vocal score and mixed ensemble):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9fUEa_ntY4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Vocal Score for two sopranos and piano: $40<br \/>\nPDF Download<br \/>\n[purchase_link id=&#8221;6476&#8243; text=&#8221;Purchase&#8221; style=&#8221;button&#8221; color=&#8221;blue&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Vocal Score for all three songs plus the two options for third song (either soprano and piano or duet with piano): $50<br \/>\nPDF Download<br \/>\n[purchase_link id=&#8221;6545&#8243; text=&#8221;Purchase&#8221; style=&#8221;button&#8221; color=&#8221;blue&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Smile and A Sigh (2020) Song Cycle Text by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) I. A Song of Flight II. Echo III. Long These Days That Pass Duration: 13 minutes Click HERE to read poems Multiple Versions: 1) Soprano and piano 2) Two Sopranos and piano and\/or piano and mixed ensemble with elastic scoring 3) Soprano &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/?p=6484\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Song Cycle! &#8211; A Smile and a Sigh &#8211; now available!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6484"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6551,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484\/revisions\/6551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}