Vocal music

Concerti anachronistici for various solo instruments, strings and basso continuo Dominique Roggen has always loved writing music that adheres to Baroque-era principles of musical counterpoint, form, and style. This love is what led him to write his... Read more

Four Shakespeare Sonnets for baritone and string orchestra (or piano) have been composed to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare in year 2014. These four Sonnets have been chosen for their unified theme of love – the... Read more

I have always been impressed with the writings of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), and how his poetry seems to lend itself so well to music.  The Haunted Palace is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) that has a very distinct atmosphere, which Anthony... Read more

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) describes shattering events in a narrative emanating from the depths of his imagination in a sensitive poetic language. The musical representations of these graphic scenes occur sparsely in subtle, restrained ways,... Read more

I selected twelve poems from the “Livre pour toi” [The Book for You] by Marguerite Burnat-Provins (1872-1952) that trace the curve of a nascent love and its slow decline. I tried to retranscribe all the facets of that love, from the shyness and... Read more