Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano) ; Jake Heggie (piano) ; Matt Haimovitz (cello) (2nd work). Recorded 2019 July Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, Marin County, California. The 1st work from a song cycle; the 3rd work from an opera; the last work originally for voice and instrumental ensemble. Title from disc label. Editions recorded: Bent Pen Music. Booklet with program notes by the composer and texts (21 pages : color illustrations) bound in container.
Contents:
we're through / Music / texts by Gene Scheer (19:30). The work at hand. Individual origami ; Warrior I ; The slow seconds / poetry by Laura Morefield (18:37) -- If I were you. Ice Cube aria : I don't have to do a thing / libretto by Gene Scheer (3:27) -- Iconic legacies : first ladies at the Smithsonian. Eleanor Roosevelt : Marian Anderson's mink coat ; Mary Todd Lincoln : Abraham Lincoln's hat ; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis : White House Christmas card, 1963 ; Barbara Bush : The muppets / texts by Gene Scheer (15:35) -- Of gods & cats. In the beginning ; Once upon a universe / poetry by Gavin Dillard (6:32) -- Statuesque. Henry Moore : Reclining figure in elmwood ; Pablo Picasso : Head of a woman, 1932 ; Hatshepsut : the divine potter ; Alberto Giacometti : standing woman, 1948 ; Winged victory : we're through / texts by Gene Scheer (19:30).
Summary:
A recital of songs by Heggie. With Heggie and Matt Haimovitz.
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