related works
A thin place : 3 prayers from the Carmina Gadelica, for mixed choir, 2002 / Lowell Dijkstra
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK4
Benedicat : for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, flute, soprano saxophone and harp / Dick Le Mair
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
zang fl sax-s hp
Manifeste simple pour une écriture lineaire : for voice and ensemble / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
voice 2rec/fl, fl-b cl trb vl pf el.g cb perc
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
m-sopr sax-a pf
composition
Lyrics of Life : for soprano and guitar / Lowell Dykstra; lyrics by W. Sharp, P.B. Shelley, W.H. Davids, E.A. Poe, E. Dickinson, L. Marks, S. Teasdale
Other authors:
Dykstra, Lowell
(Composer)
Description:
Lyrics of Life are the outcome of two musical worlds: my background in popular music and the classical. Having grown up in the 60s and 70s my musical expression was mainly formed by pop music with a special focus on singer-song writers such as Paul Simon and Don McClean. However, as of 1980 or so, my interest switched to classical music. Yet somehow, I knew that someday I would write a piece for voice and guitar where both genres could meet. It is in these songs that I strongly feel I have achieved this. Although classical in form and idiom, they touch the directness of popular song.
Lowell Dykstra