PROGRAM
| Charles IVES (1874–1954) | The Unanswered Question (1906) |
| Rachel PORTMAN (b. 1960) Text: Gene Scheer |
The First Morning of the World (2021) |
| Gustav MAHLER (1860–1911) Text: Friedrich Rückert |
“Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft!” from Rückert-Lieder (1901) |
| Biagio MARINI (1594–1663) Text: Anonymous |
“Con le stelle in ciel che mai” from Scherzi e canzonette, Op. 5 (1622) |
| Josef MYSLIVEČEK (1737–1781) Libretto: Giovanni Granelli |
“Toglierò le sponde al mare” from Adamo ed Eva (1771) |
| Aaron COPLAND (1900–1990) | “Nature, the gentlest mother” from Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson for voice and chamber orchestra (1958–1970) |
| Giovanni VALENTINI (c. 1582–1649) | Sonata in G minor, Enharmonic |
| Francesco CAVALLI (1602–1676) Libretto: Giovanni Faustini |
“Pianti ombrosi” from La Calisto (1651) |
| Christoph Willibald GLUCK (1714–1787) | “Dance of the Furies” from Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) |
| GLUCK Libretto: Pietro Metastasio |
“Misera, dove son!…Ah!, non son io che parlo” from Ezio (1750/1763) |
| George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) | “As with rosy steps the morn” from Theodora (1750) |
| MAHLER Text: Friedrich Rückert |
“Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen” from Rückert-Lieder (1901) |