Maury Yeston December Songs

These outstandingly beautiful "December Songs", by Maury Yeston, will take you through every emotion involved in the exquisite journey of deeply passionate love, from the ecstacy of "I had a dream about you" to the loneliness of "I am longing to be loved" and the tragedy of "By the river" . As in reality, it is a journey we all experience, and the passion is as beautiful as it is overwhelming in both piano and voice. It is a particular pleasure for me to hear the beautiful and sensitive renditions of my work performed by Sheila Conolly and Hetty Sponselee. They have captured perfectly my intention to join contemporary music, attitudes, and world-view, with the glorious and inspiring tradition of the European song-cycle.Their performance is deeply moving, romantic, and powerful. Maury Yeston, "December Songs" Composer

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Now back in print, this book matches the work commissioned for Andrea Marcovicci by the Carnegie Hall Corporation in honor of Carnegie Hall's Centennial Season. The premier was given in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on April 16, 1991. It is a song cycle in the American cabaret tradition, written in reaction to Schubert's Die Winterreise (a woman struggles to get over a devastating love affair). The songbook also features complete lyrics and a separate lyric section, notes on "December Songs" by Bernard Jacobson, and a bio of composer Maury Yeston.