Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1422868

By Mark Rowlinson (Baritone) and Peter Lawson (piano). By David Warin Solomons. Classical,Contemporary,Multicultural,World. Score. 2 pages. David Warin Solomons #1004222. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1422868).

Poem by an unknown Kurdish poet going by the pseudonym of Iskan Acicka - this version for piano and bass-baritone is one of many settings I have made for the poem.

There is a rose in my garden
A crimson rose opening in my heart
Rosy cheeks blossoming like a young pomegranate plant
which loves the earth like spring
like a rising sun in the sky
both weep both love from within
like a rising a rising moon in the night
like summer rain watering my rose garden
as if it were a life.
It is you in my dreams at night
every moment I see you in my mind..
You are running through my soul
like blood runs through my veins, with joy!

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1422862

By Mark Rowlinson (Baritone) and Peter Lawson (piano). By David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 5 pages. David Warin Solomons #1004217. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1422862).

The bereaved lover gains some brief consolation at dawn when the blond light penetrates his (or her) lonely room and reminds him (or her) of the hair of the loved one. The mode of this song is Dorian, my favourite mode. Poem by E M Solomons - mother of the composer. 

Poem by E M Solomons

The pale gold light
creeps into my silent room
touching my face
I know that you are here.

Softly contours form
as the colours
take the place of grey

Translucent gold hits the mirror
and reaches my lonely bed.

Dispels the grey mist which lingers
on the window pane

Deepens the image and I see you.
Pale blond light
where your hair once shone.

Lonely shadow of my former self
I languish here.

But then your dear voice calls with comfort, love
and says
I have not left,
while your fond memories remain.
I think of you and
you are here
beside and within

Your image fades
but you are still here in me.
You must you must come back
if only at dawn.

See through the tears of gold,
you are here once more
Your ghostly presence
fills my poor heart,

searching my mind
once more to be as one,

here is your body
so close to my own
in this spectral world
we share our thoughts.

My soul now quiet at last
my yearnings on hold.

The golden glow brings me peace
and I might face another day

(c) E M Solomons.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1422856

By Mark Rowlinson (Baritone) and Peter Lawson (piano). By David Warin Solomons. Christmas,Contemporary. Score. 4 pages. David Warin Solomons #1004211. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1422856).

Haikus by Canon Albert Radcliffe (who was canon at Manchester Cathedral) and asked me to set them. The music is unusual for vocal works in that it uses the octatonic mode, but this seemed particularly appropriate for the unusual angle which Canon Albert takes on the Christmas story. 

I said to the snow, 
Show me what you know of God. 
Brightness blinded me. 

To the stars I said, 
Speak then from a gentler light. 
Their word was silence. 

I called to the wind, 
Whis-per the glory of God. 
Its breath took my breath. 

I asked the holly 
What do you know of his love? 
Her thorns drew my blood. 

©Canon Albert E Radcliffe  (Manchester Cathedral, UK).

Baritone Horn TC,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1422870

By Mark Rowlinson (Baritone) and Peter Lawson (piano). By David Warin Solomons. Classical,Contemporary,Multicultural,World. Full Performance. Duration 143. David Warin Solomons #1004225. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1422870).

Poem by an unknown Kurdish poet going by the pseudonym of Iskan Acicka - this version for piano and bass-baritone is one of many settings I have made for the poem.

There is a rose in my garden
A crimson rose opening in my heart
Rosy cheeks blossoming like a young pomegranate plant
which loves the earth like spring
like a rising sun in the sky
both weep both love from within
like a rising a rising moon in the night
like summer rain watering my rose garden
as if it were a life.
It is you in my dreams at night
every moment I see you in my mind..
You are running through my soul
like blood runs through my veins, with joy!

Baritone Horn TC,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1422864

By Mark Rowlinson (Baritone) and Peter Lawson (piano). By David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 243. David Warin Solomons #1004219. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1422864).

The bereaved lover gains some brief consolation at dawn when the blond light penetrates his (or her) lonely room and reminds him (or her) of the hair of the loved one. The mode of this song is Dorian, my favourite mode. Poem by E M Solomons - mother of the composer. 

Poem by E M Solomons

The pale gold light
creeps into my silent room
touching my face
I know that you are here.

Softly contours form
as the colours
take the place of grey

Translucent gold hits the mirror
and reaches my lonely bed.

Dispels the grey mist which lingers
on the window pane

Deepens the image and I see you.
Pale blond light
where your hair once shone.

Lonely shadow of my former self
I languish here.

But then your dear voice calls with comfort, love
and says
I have not left,
while your fond memories remain.
I think of you and
you are here
beside and within

Your image fades
but you are still here in me.
You must you must come back
if only at dawn.

See through the tears of gold,
you are here once more
Your ghostly presence
fills my poor heart,

searching my mind
once more to be as one,

here is your body
so close to my own
in this spectral world
we share our thoughts.

My soul now quiet at last
my yearnings on hold.

The golden glow brings me peace
and I might face another day

(c) E M Solomons

Baritone Horn TC,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1422859

By Mark Rowlinson (Baritone) and Peter Lawson (piano). By David Warin Solomons. Christmas,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 160. David Warin Solomons #1004214. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1422859).

Haikus by Canon Albert Radcliffe (who was canon at Manchester Cathedral) and asked me to set them. The music is unusual for vocal works in that it uses the octatonic mode, but this seemed particularly appropriate for the unusual angle which Canon Albert takes on the Christmas story. 

I said to the snow, 
Show me what you know of God. 
Brightness blinded me. 

To the stars I said, 
Speak then from a gentler light. 
Their word was silence. 

I called to the wind, 
Whis-per the glory of God. 
Its breath took my breath. 

I asked the holly 
What do you know of his love? 
Her thorns drew my blood. 

©Canon Albert E Radcliffe  (Manchester Cathedral, UK).