DAVID EDGAR WALTHER IMPRESSIONIST: PASSIONATE DARK; DEEP NIGHT DREAMS
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Please click on Sarah Spangle
to see a complete list of my vocal solos (Volume V. under "Pieces" above)


​V. Sing

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ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD

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Latin poem by Boethius; cablecast on BNN-TV with with the composer, bass-baritone and pianist, Eileen Feldman. Also available with medium orchestra. To watch the video and see the orchestral score to some of the songs please click one of the dinosaurs to the right:
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DEEP RIVER

​The complete cycle was premiered by Christopher Aaron Smith, tenor, with pianist, Yelena Birayeva at Boston Metro
Opera on 1/27/12. This performance was first posted to celebrate Martin Luther King Day, 2021. Also available for low voice; and with medium orchestra; You can hear Mr. Smith's performance by clicking on Dr. King (right):
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                                            Dr. Martin Luther King


​THREE FOLK SONGS

Please click on the buttons below to hear Mary Saunders, Soprano (#1 & #3) and the composer, bass-baritone (#2) with Kristin Webb, flute and Russell Southcott, guitar:
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                          Mary Saunders, soprano
DavidEdgarWalther · Long Time Ago: Saunders/Webb/Southcott
DavidEdgarWalther · John Henry: Walther/Webb/Southcott
DavidEdgarWalther · Simple Gifts: Saunders/Webb/Southcott
SERENADE AND FUGUE  

Poems by Thomas Hardy; To hear "Serenade and Fugue" as performed by soprano,
​Mary Saunders (above) & Kristin Webb, flute please click 
on the red button below:
DavidEdgarWalther · Serenade And Fugue: Saunders/Webbs/Southcott

​MIRAGE
 

To hear "Mirage" as recorded by Nancy King, soprano with the composer, please click on the red to the below, or click on Ms. King's picture, to the right, to hear this movement and read the poem by Christina Rosetti:
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DavidEdgarWalther · Mirage (Rossetti): King/Walther


​ECHO'S BONES


4 (of 5) songs for low voice and 'cello to poems by Samuel Beckett, as performed by the composer, bass-baritone with Prisiclla Chew, 'cello. Please click on Priscilla's 'cello (right) to hear the songs and read the poems:
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                       Priscilla Chew, 'cello
6 SONGS TO POEMS
​BY WILLIAM BLAKE SONGS


To hear these songs, as performed by mezzo-soprano, Susan Craft Larson (right) and pianist, Yelana Birayeva please click the buttons below:
DavidEdgarWalther · Blake 1. Poison Tree: Craft Larson/Birayeva
DavidEdgarWalther · Blake 2. Infant Sorrow: Craft Larson/Birayeva
DavidEdgarWalther · Blake 3. The Lily: Craft Larson/Birayeva
DavidEdgarWalther · Blake 4. The Sick Rose: Craft Larson/Birayeva
DavidEdgarWalther · Blake 5. Infant Joy & 6. The Fly: Craft Larson/Birayeva
Also called "Songs of Summer" you can read these 6 poems, and hear these songs as sung by the composer with pianist, Dr. Sam Walter please click on the picture of Dr. Walter (right):
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            Susan Craft Larson, mezzo-soprano
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                Dr. Sam Walter, pianist and organist
CAL'MUS 

4 gay love songs to poems by Walt Whitman from "The Leaves of Grass."  To hear "'Cal'mus" as sung by tenor, Christopher Aaron Smith please click on the red button below:                 ​
DavidEdgarWalther · Cal'mus Songs: Smith
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              Christopher Aaron Smith, tenor
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  • Pieces
    • I. Chamber
    • II. Keyboard
    • III. Orchestra
    • IV. Dance
    • V. Voice
    • VI. Chorus
    • VII. Opera
    • VIII. Music Theater
    • IX. Critical Editions
    • James Joyce
    • Emily Dickinson
  • Photos
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