Mary Wiegold's Songbook

Mary Wiegold’s Songbook is a collection of songs for soprano[1] and, usually, an ensemble of two clarinets, viola, cello and double bass which were written at the invitation of the soprano Mary Wiegold and the composer John Woolrich. Around two hundred songs were collected, mostly written within a ten year period from the late 1980s.[2]

The Songbook is ‘like a modern day codex- should nothing survive from the previous decade of British music save this, scholars would be able to form a reliable picture of the diverse compositional activity of those years.’ (Tempo)

Selected list of songs

Discography

Mary Carewe/Thomas Adès EMI

Claron McFadden/Composers Ensemble/Thomas Adès EMI

Dora Ohrenstein/Alan Kay/Michael Lowenstern/Jeremy McCoy Koch International

Tony Arnold, Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima Bridge 9135

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

  • Sally Beamish Tuscan Lullaby

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

Claron McFadden/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw Teldec Classics 3984-26867-2

Christine Whittlesey/EIC/Pierre Boulez DG 439 910-2

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

  • Harrison Birtwistle Tenebrae

Claron McFadden/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw Teldec Classics 3984-26867-2

Christine Whittlesey/EIC/Pierre Boulez DG 439 910-2

  • Harrison Birtwistle Night

Claron McFadden/Nash Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw Teldec Classics 3984-26867-2

Christine Whittlesey/EIC/Pierre Boulez DG 439 910-2

Valdine Anderson/Gavin Bryars Ensemble Philips

Patrice Maginnis/The California Parallèlle Ensemble/Nicole Paiement Mode 122

Alison Smart/Katharine Durran Metier MSVCD92025

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/John Woolrich Largo 5138

Mary Wiegold/Mark van de Wiel Largo 5138

Margaret Schindler/Perihelion Artworks CD (AW032)

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

  • Milan Slavicky Veni, Sancte Spiritus

Lenka Skornickova/Mondschein Matous MK 0051-2 931

Felicity Lott/Steven Isserlis RCA Victor 09026 68928 2

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Keith Tippett NMCD003

  • Jane Wells One to Another

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Peter Wiegold Metier: MSVCD92043

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

  • Philip Wilby Easter Wings

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

Mary Wiegold/Composers Ensemble/Dominic Muldowney NMCD003

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References
  1. ""a few words for a woman": gender and authorship in contemporary vocal composition". Sequenza.me.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. Bayan Northcott (1994-01-08). "Arts: Flocking in on the wings of song: It started with the composer John Woolrich asking colleagues for a few songs. Now the 'Songbook' written for Mary Wiegold includes 150 items, with another 70 in the pipeline - all given free. Bayan Northcott reports on a collection that just grew - Music - Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. "Thomas Adès - Life Story". Thomasades.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  4. "Classical Net Review - Babbitt - Quatrains, Manifold Music, My Ends are My Beginnings, Swan Song, etc". Classical.net. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  5. "Sir Harrison Birtwistle – 3 Settings of Celan | for soprano, 2 clarinets, viola, violoncello and double bass – Work Introduction". Universal Edition. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  6. Description by Seth Brodsky. "White and Light for soprano and 5 instruments - Harrison Birtwistle | Details, Parts / Movements and Recordings". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  7. "Adnan_Songbook". Gavinbryars.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  8. "Lies & Inventions". Elviscostello.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  9. http://www.umich.edu/~musausa/MU8pp35-37.pdf
  10. Harvey, Jonathan. "You - Chamber/Ensemble Works - Repertoire". Faber Music. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  11. Maw, Nicholas (1992-11-20). "Head of Orpheus, The - Chamber/Ensemble Works - Repertoire". Faber Music. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  12. "Six of Hearts: Songs for Mary Wiegold". Tom Phillips. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  13. Sculthorpe, Peter. "From Nourlangie - Chamber/Ensemble Works - Repertoire". Faber Music. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

Bibliography
  • Robert Adlington The Music of Harrison Birtwistle (Cambridge University Press 2006)
  • Jean-Yves Bosseur Tom Phillips- Sound of My Life (Delatour 2015)
  • Jonathan Cross Harrison Birtwistle: Man, Mind, Music (Faber 2000)
  • Michael Hall Harrison Birtwistle in Recent Years (Robson Books 1998)
  • Jane Manning The New Vocal Repertoire 2 (OUP Oxford 1998)
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