Celebrating the 225th Anniversary of Poet, Heinrich Heine
“Der Atlas” from Schwanengesang (Swan Song), D. 957, No. 8, Music by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus (The sea glittered far and wide), Music by Fanny Hensel (1805–1847)
Neue Liebe (New Love), Music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
“Hör’ ich das Liedchen klingen” (I hear the song ringing) from Dichterliebe (Poet’s Love) Op 48, No. 10, Music by Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
“Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen” (A boy loved a girl) from Dichterliebe, Op 48, No. 11, Music by Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen (At first I almost despaired), Music by Franz Liszt (1811–1866)
Der Fichtenbaum (The Spruce Tree), Music by Robert Franz (1815–1892)
Die Lorelei, Music by Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Der Tod das ist der kuhle Nacht (Death is the Cool Night), Op.96, No. 1, Music by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Regina Thomas, soprano
Lisa Lanza, piano
“Ostinato” from Ballad and Ostinato by Alexandra Pierce (1934–2021)
Places, oh place in Paris, eternal showplace, where the fashion designer, Madame Lamort, weaves and winds the restless roads of the earth, endless ribbons… –from the Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke
“Cortège” from Trois Morceaux by Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
“Troubled Water” from Spiritual Suite by Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)
“Saint Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves” from Deux Légendes by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Lisa Lanza, piano