Art Songs

"The Beyond"
Music by Lawrence Rush
Words by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted by Blue Bliss
performed by Lawrence Rush, Matt Castle, piano

"Four Sonnets of Elizabeth Barrett Browning"
Music by Lawrence Rush,
performed by soprano, Ena Freeman, Kalle Toivio, piano

"Go From Me"
"How Do I Love Thee?"
"Say Over Again.."
"If Thou Must Love Me.."


"Altar" - for mezzo-soprano and piano
(Commissioned for the Marble Collegiate Church 2010 World AIDS Day service)
Words by Kwame Dawes and Music by Lawrence Rush
performed by Sonya Headlam, Lloyd Arriola, piano

Choral

"Shalom Rav"
Music by Lawrence Rush
Performed by Cantor Azi Schwartz

"Cry, Lonely Tears"
Words and Music by Lawrence Rush (written while in high school)
performed by the U.S.Grant High School Chamber Singers

"Ochila La'El"
Music by Lawrence Rush
performed by Cantor Nancy Abramson, Ena Freeman, Bess Morrison
Lawrence Rush, Elliot Levine
(Park Avenue Synagogue commission)

"Sim Shalom"
Music by Lawrence Rush
performed by Cantor Nancy Abramson, Ena Freeman, Bess Morrison
Lawrence Rush, Elliot Levine

"L'cha Dodi" from "Friday Night Sabbath Service"
Music by Lawrence Rush

"V'ahavta" from "Friday Night Sabbath Service"
Music by Lawrence Rush

"V'shamru" from "Friday Night Sabbath Service"
Music by Lawrence Rush

Opera

"The Raven-Winged Hours", an operatic scene
Music by Lawrence Rush
Words by Edgar Allan Poe, arranged by Blue Bliss

To hear excerpts, go to the Gallery/Video page.
To purchase a CD, go the News page.


"Trio" from "The Guilty Mother" (written in the style of Mozart)
Music by Lawrence Rush, Libretto by A. Scott Parry
performed by Amy Porter, Juan Jose Ibarra, Alex Greenschields, Lloyd Arriola, piano

"I See Barsad" from "A Tale of Two Cities"
Music by Lawrence Rush
performed by tenor, Vale Rideout, Lloyd Arriola, piano

"She's a Flower" from "Hedda Gabler"
Words and Music by Lawrence Rush
performed by tenor, Vale Rideout, Lloyd Arriola, piano