Three poems by Tom Fleming
Three poems (So that was Spring, For a falling leaf, The Owl) by Tom Fleming (1927-2010), the well-known Scottish actor, director and poet, set for solo voice and piano.
Watch the songs performed by Liam Bonthrone (tenor) and John Walker (piano). Score.
Five Auden Songs
Settings of poems by W. H. Auden for solo voice and piano.
- The Willow-Wren and the Stare, sung by Amy Strachan.
- Make this night loveable (Nocturne II)
- Dear, though the night is gone
- If I Could Tell You (But I can't)
- The Love Feast
Published by Goodmusic. You can see the whole score on their website. You can see and hear a performance of all five songs by Matthew McKinney (tenor) and David Lyle (piano) here.
They are also available arranged for upper voices (SSA) and piano.
A Scottish Four Seasons
Four new poems (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) by Alexander McCall Smith, set for solo voice and piano. View, listen and purchase score published by Goodmusic. The solo version of Summer is on the Grade 6 singing syllabus for Trinity College London and is also published by them in their Trinity Singing Grade 6 repertoire books TCL 016867 (high), TCL 017949 (low), but note the errata (scroll down to near the end of the errata page).
They are also available arranged for upper voices (SSA) and piano.
Songs from The Okavango Macbeth
A selection of songs from the opera, suitable for music theatre voice.
Includes I Am Alone which is on the Grade 6 singing syllabus for Trinity College London.
Published by Goodmusic.
The Tartan Terrors
A set of five songs with texts by Derek Roberts:
- The Wild Haggis (you can see an open-air performance with choir and accordion here)
- The Loch Ness Monster
- Bogle Boogie (you can see a lockdown performance with choir and orchestra here)
- The Wee Gigelorum
- The Kelpie
Published by Goodmusic. You can view and listen to the score on their website.
Songs of Edinburgh
Nine new poems by Alexander McCall Smith, set for voice and piano, including three numbers set as duets. You can read about the CD here.
1. The Gym Lesson
2. Edinburgh in winter
3. The Uppies and the Doonies (duet)
4. Unfinished dream
5. The State processes
6. Hutton and Higgs (duet)
7. In Candlemaker Row
8. Jenners Tea Room
9. Friends together (duet)
For more information, see here.
Great Tapestry of Scotland Songs
Seven poems by Alexander McCall Smith based on tapestries at the centre in Galashiels, four sung by baritone solo, three sung by children's choir.
Free scores. You can watch the songs here.
Aesop's Fables
Five new poems by Alexander McCall Smith, set for solo voice and piano.
1. The Lion in Love score audio
2. The dog with a piece of meat score audio
3. Who will bell the cat? score audio
4. Tortoise and Hare score audio
5. The Boy who shouted Wolf score audio
Edinburgh University Library Songs
Five new poems by Alexander McCall Smith, set for solo voice and piano. Scores.
1. The Playfair Library, Old College
2. The New Library, George Square
3. The Librarians
4. The Benefactors
5. The Books
6. The Students
You can watch a recording of the première here.
Baptism Song/ Canto del Battesimo, a setting of verses from Mark chapter 10, one verse in Italian, one verse in English for voice and organ or piano. Can be sung in either language or both.
Download it free here: full score, voice part, and listen to a computer-generated recording here.
Nearly there, a pentatonic melody setting a new text by Louise Cunningham about the pleasure and pain of a long walk in the country, for voice and piano.
Listen to Louise sing it and Tom playing it. Score.
Up in the morning's no' for me, a setting of the poem by Robert Burns, for voice and piano.
Watch Tom singing it. You can dowload the score in D (in treble clef) or in C (in bass clef).
Let the Desert Sing, a setting of a sacred text by Rev. Michael Perry, for voice and piano.
Listen to Tom playing and singing it. Download the score from the Jubilate website.