An hour-long episode for Women’s History Month spotlighting American composers. Soprano Laura Strickling — a leading proponent of contemporary art song — joins Oliver to present works by Clarice Assad, Stacy Garrop, Jacqueline B. Hairston, Lori Laitman, Gilda Lyons, Sheila Silver, and others.
Learn more about Laura Strickling HERE.
Learn more about the album Confessions HERE.
Libby Larsen: Try Me, Good King (Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII)
II. Anne Boleyn
Tracey Engleman, soprano
Lara Bolton, piano
Gilda Lyons: Hold On
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Thomas Bagwell, piano
Amy Beach (1867-1972): Rendezvous
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Paul Barritt, violin
James Lisney, piano
Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972): In the Twilight
Donald George, tenor
Lucy Mauro, piano
Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862-1946): A Perfect Day
Thomas Allen, baritone
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Florence Price (1897-1953): Night
William Brown, tenor
Ann Sears, piano
Margaret Bonds (1913-1972): Three Dream Portraits
II. Dream Variation
Will Liverman, baritone
Paul Sánchez, piano
Jacqueline B. Hairston: On consciousness streams
II. Thou alone canst inspire
Marcía Porter, soprano
Valerie M. Trujillo, piano
Juliana Hall: In Reverence
III. Prayer is the Little Implement
Nadine Benjamin, soprano
Nicole Panizza, piano
Elinor Remick Warren (1900-1991): We Two
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Craig Rutenberg, piano
Sheila Silver: Transcending
II. To be calm, to be serene
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Warren Jones, piano
Lori Laitman: Early Snow
I. Last Night the Rain Spoke to Me
Jennifer Check, soprano
Warren Jones, piano
Stacy Garrop: My Dearest Ruth
Patrice Michaels, soprano
Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
Clarice Assad: Confessions
III. Turn Back the Clock
Laura Strickling, soprano
Joy Schreier, piano
Gilda Lyons: Songs of Lament and Praise
V. An Even-Song
Laura Strickling, soprano
Joy Schreier, piano
This episode of Listening to Singers will be available for listening on-demand until March 26.