Gladys Moskowitz
Three Songs of Passion (Cheri Yuzik)
Year: 2009
Duration (in minutes): various
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano, solo voice(s) with solo instruments
Instruments: any saxophone, any string, any woodwind, cello, flute, mezzo soprano, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, tenor voice
Description: "LIFE SENTENCE" A flowing flute added to voice and piano creates a
sensuous feeling of everlasting love..followed by the passion of
sexual desire in "UTOPIA... A Tango of Love". In "MANIC SCREAMING," the
singer cries out in pain at the loss of her beloved. Her anguish is
captured by the piano in dissonant intervals and repetitive motion of
sixteenth notes, echoed by the cello reflecting her turbulent
emotions.
Life Sentence (sop/mezzo w/ fl or ten sax, 1:41)
Utopia… A Tango of Love (sop/mezzo, pno, 1:25)
Manic Screaming (sop/mezzo w/cello 1:11)