JULIANA HALL | AMERICAN ART SONG COMPOSER

TORNADO

TORNADO
Song for Soprano and Piano

on a Poem by Kathleen Kelly

Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company

Catalog Number
8936

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Description
Renowned pianist, opera coach, conductor, teacher, and writer Kathleen Kelly commissioned Juliana Hall to set her poem TORNADO as an art song, which was premiered by soprano Caitlin Lynch with Kathleen Kelly playing piano, on a program of the Detroit Song Collective at The Scarab Club in Detroit, Michigan on October 26, 2019. Kelly, in a blog post, shared how Hall found the “humor, sexiness, and allure” inside of the poem, despite its many “images of terror and fear.” Both performers described the song as an “exhilarating ride” that is “fabulous!”

Text
Tornado

Vocal Range
E-flat 4  :  B-flat 5

Duration
2′ 00″

Vocal Tessitura
B 4  :  G 5


Commission
Kathleen Kelly

First Performance
October 26, 2019
Detroit Song Collective
The Scarab Club
Detroit, Michigan

Year of Composition
2019

First Performers
Caitlin Lynch, soprano
Kathleen Kelly, piano

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