A set of five pieces for solo violin and piano by composer Amy Beach. Includes: Invocation Op. 55, Romance (1893); La Captive Op. 40, No. 1; Berceuse Op. 40, No. 2; and Mazurka Op. 40, No. 3. Edited by
Performer, educator and composer, Figueroa Manas has absorbed and expanded a wide range of music, now writing scores for video games, film, jazz and concert works from small ensemble to orchestra. The
Bonds is well known for the melodic richness and emotional intensity of her works, and these Millay settings are no exception. Remarkable for their symphonic textures and sense of drama, the music renders
Margaret Bonds composed this choral piece in 1968. The text for this work is the well known and timeless prayer of St Francis of Assisi that begins "Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is