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Bodysongs : collection one : for Solo female or male voice, SATB choir with piano accompaniment / music by Richard Vella ; words by Humphrey Bower.
Version: This product features the SATB Choir with solo voice(s) version of this work
Library shelf no. 782.55542/VEL 2 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
These choral arrangements, forming Collection One, are based on
three songs from the music theatre production Bodysongs,
produced by Theatreworks and Calculated Risks Opera Productions
at Theatreworks, St Kilda, Victoria, 1999.
Exploring themes of body image and the aging process, the
production was directed by Robert Draffin, with words by Humphrey
Bower, and music by Richard Vella.
Each song can be performed in one of the following ways:
1. Perform as written for soloist, SATB choir and piano accompaniment. For 'Come with me' and 'Wings of death', the solo part suits lower register female voices or male voices with a tenor range. While the solo part for 'Got no right to complain' implies a female soloist, a male voice solo is possible with the changing of all pronouns to the third person (she and her), and their appropriate grammar.
2. Instead of the soloist singing the solo part in each song, the phrases from the solo part can be sung by anyone from the choir. The musical director would need to allocate each phrase from the solo part to specific individual choral member. Another possible version, following this approach, could be some type of interplay between the soloist and individual singers from the choir.
3. For solo voice and piano (the SATB parts are omitted).
Work Details
Duration: 30 min.
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