The first song of Poulenc's Banalités, to a poem by Apollinaire. Translation https://oxfordsong.org/song/banalit%C3%A9s

Chanson d'Orkenise

The third song of Poulenc's Banalités, to a poem by Apollinaire. Translation oxfordsong.org/song/banalit%C3%A9s

Fagnes de Wallonie

Fourth song from Francis Poulenc's cycle Banalités, poem by Apollinaire. Text: oxfordsong.org/song/banalités

Voyage à Paris

5th song of Francis Poulenc's cycle Banalités, poem by Apollinaire oxfordsong.org/song/banalités

Sanglots

Adela Florence Nicolson (1865–1904), better known by her pseudonym Laurence Hope, was a British poet who spent much of her life in India. Writing under a male name, she became an international best-seller in the early 1900s. Her collection The Garden of Kama appeared in 1901 (retitled India’s Love Lyrics in its American edition), a book whose framing sometimes implied she was gathering “native” verses rather than writing them herself—what I think of as a kind of “pseudo-Indian” style.

“Kama” translates as “desire,” and I approached these poems through that lens. Their voices inhabit a strange spiritual landscape: at times hopeful and innocent, at others sharp with calculation or disillusionment. My own setting was written during a period of unease, shaped both by the global pandemic and the turbulence surrounding the 2020 U.S. presidential election. That atmosphere inevitably seeped into the music, coloring the way desire, longing, and loss find expression here.

2. You Never Loved Me

1. When First I Loved

5. The Aloe

3. Youth

4. As One May Sip a Stranger's Bowl

A little reminder that summer isn't quite over yet - "Here shall he see no enemy, but winter and rough weather"

"Under the greenwood tree" is the second song in Roger Quilter's cycle of Shakespeare songs. It appears in "As You Like It", Act II, Scene 5.

Piano accompaniment as always by the wonderful Helen Roberts.

We hope you'll enjoy it, as well as the very last days of summer :).

Lyrics:

Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And tune his merry note
Unto the sweet bird's throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.

Who doth ambition shun,
And loves to live i' the sun,
Seeking the food he eats,
And pleas'd with what he gets,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.

Under the Greenwood Tree (Roger Quilter - with Helen Roberts)

Graham Yates is an award-winning Canadian composer and pianist based in Austin, Texas. He is regularly commissioned to write works for choirs, soloists, and chamber ensembles, with performances of his music across Canada and the United States. In addition to his composing, Graham is active as a collaborative pianist and co-founded CTC Music Publishing to champion new music by emerging composers. He holds degrees in Piano Performance and Nonprofit Management from Brandon University and Trinity Western University.

Tenor with interest in new music, early music, early-20th century song. 

Official short bio: 

Charles Blandy has been described as “a versatile tenor with agility, endless breath, and vigorous high notes" (Goldberg Early Music Magazine) and “unfailingly, tirelessly lyrical” (Boston Globe). With Emmanuel Music in Boston he has sung the title role in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, the Evangelists in Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passions, and major roles in Handel’s Ariodante and Mozart’s Magic Flute. In the last two years he has sung Handel’s Messiah with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the American Bach Soloists in San Francisco. Other recent engagements have been at Lincoln Center with the National Chorale; and with the Bethlehem Bach Choir, Charlotte Symphony, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Boston, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, and the Cantata Singers.  He was a Tanglewood fellow, and has degrees from Indiana University and Oberlin College. He is originally from Troy, NY.

Hi, I'm Rob.

I'm a singer, well you figured that out by yourself if you listened to my music....
I'm also Welsh, so what can I do?

I love music, so listening to all the great talent here on SoundCloud - whether it's raw or refined - is an immense pleasure. Thank you all for that.

I hope you get some joy out of listening to me.

Due to some health issues I'm not always capable to listen to your music, interact as much as I'd like to or reply to your comments in a timely manner. It doesn't alter the appreciation I feel for each and every one of you. Please bear with me.

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