A program to mark Pride Month featuring art song by gay and lesbian composers. Host Oliver Camacho explores how earlier generations were obliged to express their identity in coded language, while contemporary composers like Jennifer Higdon and Ben Moore have been able to openly celebrate love in all its forms.
Art Song by Gay and Lesbian Composers
Jennifer Higdon (Photo: Andrew Bogard)
Playlist
Samuel Barber: “Sure on this Shining Night”
Lisette Oropesa, soprano
Vlad Iftinca, piano
Roger Quilter: “I Arise from Dreams of Thee”
Ethel Smyth: “Possession”
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Graham Johnson, piano
Leonard Bernstein: ‘To What You Said” from Songfest
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Craig Rutenberg, piano
Bernstein: “Dream with Me” from Peter Pan
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Martin Katz, piano
Benjamin Britten: Canticle I, “My Beloved is Mine,” Op. 40
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Iain Burnside, piano
Eric Reda: “ATRIPLA!”
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
Kenneth Merrill, piano
Robert Chesley: “Autumn” from Jerker
Noah Stewart, tenor
Kenneth Merrill, piano
Kevin Oldham: “Across the Sea”
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Kenneth Merrill, piano
Jennifer Higdon: “Little River” from Little River Songs
Devony Smith, mezzo-soprano
Danny Zelibor, piano
Michael Nicolas, cello
Ben Moore: “No Choice But Love”
Eric Ferring, tenor
Madeline Slettedahl, piano
