Program: TURINA: Tres Poemas, Op. 81 MAHLER: Rückert Lieder ENESCU: Sept chansons de Clement Marot JAKE HEGGIE: “These Strangers” (world premiere, Music Academy of the West commission); includes poems and texts by Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Martin Niemöller, and Walt Whitman PORTER: “Looking at You” BERNSTEIN: "Somewhere," from West Side Story FOSTER: "Beautiful Dreamer" Artists: Hannah Rose Kidwell, soprano; Christina Giuca, pianist The nation’s premiere annual competition for song recitals is the Marilyn Horne Song Competition. Last year, the competitors performed for a panel of esteemed judges – Marilyn Horne, Renée Fleming, and Jake Heggie. The 2017 winners of the competition, soprano Hannah Rose Kidwell and pianist Christina Giuca, embark on a 4-city tour this month.
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