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Renée Fleming

In Recital
Voice of Nature with National Geographic
PERFORMING ARTS SERIES | 2024-25 SEASON
Thursday, September 12, 2024, at 7:30 PM

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Voice of Nature

Armstrong Auditorium presents world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming and pianist Bradley Moore in a recital inspired by Fleming’s 2023 GRAMMY Award-winning album, Voice of Nature. The evening will span the classical, romantic, and contemporary eras, with beloved songs and new commissions exploring nature as both inspiration and victim of humanity. A stunning original video produced by the National Geographic Society will complement the program.


PROGRAM

Voice of Nature

Hazel Dickens: “Pretty bird”

Georg Frideric Handel: “Care Selve” from Atalanta

Nico Muhly: “Endless Space”

Joseph Canteloube: “Bailero” from Songs of the Auvergne

Maria Schneider: “Our Finch Feeder” from Winter Morning Walks

Björk: “All is Full of Love”

Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Epílogo" from Floresta do Amazonas (piano solo)

Howard Shore: “Twilight and Shadow” from Lord of the Rings

Kevin Puts: “Evening”

Curtis Green: “Red Mountains Sometimes Cry”

Bacharach: “What the World Needs Now”

Gabriel Fauré: “Au Bord De L’eau” “Les Berceaux”

Edvard Grieg: “Lauf Der Welt” “Zur Rosenzeit”

Giacomo Puccini: “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi

Jerome Kern: “All the Things You Are”

Andrew Lippa: The Diva

All programs subject to change at artist's discretion

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