Hi, 'Jeffrey the Cat' is a contralto solo in one of Britten's work. arado_ge wrote: Since Karen is the Goddess of repertoire, she'll have much better suggestions than me but I just love contemporary music.
Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols - I can't remember what the solos are in there because the last time I sang in a performance of it was 10 years ago!!
Michael Tippet: A Child of our time - I love "steal away"!! Again, not sure if you'd find any good solos in there but it's such a beautiful piece.
My absolute favorite of all time is Elgar's Dream of Gerontius. When the Mezzo sings the "allelujah(sp?)" I just get shivers up my spine, it's got to be one of the best alleluja's in any music I've ever heard!!!
These suggestions are probably useless but they're worth listening to even if they're not being sung.
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