Edward Elgar - “Where Corals Lie” (From “Sea Pictures” Op. 37 No. 4

Date Performed: March 2nd, 2023
Date Uploaded: March 2nd, 2023
Collaborative Pianist: Emily Grabinski-Conklin
Voice Professor: William Bockhout
Voice Part: Mezzo-Soprano
Level of Study: 262
Piece: “Where Corals Lie”
From: Sea Pictures, Opus 37
Composer: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Text/Poetry By: Richard Barnett
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TEXT:
The deeps have music soft and low,
Where winds awake the airy spry;
It lures me, lures me on to go
And see the land where corals lie.
The land, the land where corals lie.
By mount and mead, by lawn and rill,
When night is deep, and moon is high,
That music seeks and finds me still,
And tells me where the corals lie,
And tells me where the corals lie.
Yes, press my eyelids close;
‘Tis well!
Yes, press my eyelids close;
‘Tis well!
And far the rapid fancies fly,
To rolling worlds of wave and shell, and all the land where corals lie.
Thy lips are like a sunset glow!
Thy smile is like a morning sky!
Yet leave me, leave me, let me go
And see the land where corals lie!
The land!
The land where corals lie!
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I hope you all enjoy this! My next performance will be in French, at the end of this month!
“Oh, Quand je dors!” (“Oh, When I Sleep!”) by Franz Liszt. I’m very excited to sing in French. It’s a gorgeous language, for sure.

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Beautiful Queen

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Thank you! I’m glad you liked it. ☺️

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HOLY MAZZILLO... your dead-accurate pitch, explains why you have perfect pitch LOL. Wish more people had perfect pitch 'cause that way it wouldn't seem like the end of the world. And tonally you're getting a bit closer to Bartoli believe it or not. Perhaps some hints of Abby Fischer too.

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My teacher says my vibrato is improving ever so slowly, lol. But I definitely listened to Janet Baker a ton while practicing this.