Gwyneth Walker

My Love Walks in Velvet

for Voice and Piano (1978)
for Voice and Guitar (1978)
for SATB Chorus and Piano (1978)
for SSA Chorus and Piano (1978)

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Listen to a RealAudio (G2) stream of a performance of this work (SSA version) by Vox Femina Los Angeles, Iris S. Levine, conductor.
(a CD recording is available from Vox Femina Los Angeles)

Listen to a RealAudio (G2) stream of a performance of this work (SATB version) by the Hartford CitySingers, Suzanne Gates, conductor.
Listen to a RealAudio (G2) stream of a performance of this work (SATB version) by Albany Pro Musica, David Griggs-Janower, conductor.
Download an an MP3 file of a performance of this work (SATB version) by the Hartford CitySingers, Suzanne Gates, conductor.
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Download an a MP3 file of the voice and guitar version of this work performed by Peter Harvey and David McLellan.

Download a PDF file of the score (medium-high solo voice) of this composition. This file of excerpted sample pages is for perusal only and is not printable. To hear MP3 files of the complete songs, see the above links.
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My Love Walks in Velvet was composed in 1978 as a wedding gift for Patricia Mays and James Adlam. The song was originally created for Soprano and Piano, and was premiered by Kathryn Shibley (Soprano) and Gwyneth Walker (Piano) at the wedding in Darien, CT.

The work now exists is several versions:

Medium High Voice and Piano [ECS #4515]; Medium Low Voice and Piano [ECS # 4516]; Voice and Guitar [GW]; SATB Chorus and Piano [ECS #4312]; SSA Chorus and Piano [ECS #5663 -- commissioned by Vox Femina, Los Angeles].

Notes by the composer