I Shall Be Brave: A Celebration in Song

Collage New Music presents
I SHALL BE BRAVE: A CELEBRATION IN SONG

Post-Concert Talkback with Artistic Director Eric Nathan and guest soloists

Tony Arnold and Lucy Shelton, SOPRANOS 
William Sharp, BARITONE 
Christopher Oldfather, PIANO 
Students from Longy's Historical Performance and Vocal Studies Programs

Program:

Amy Beach, I Shall Be Brave
Text by Katharine Adams
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Christopher Oldfather, piano 

Margaret Bonds, When the Dove Enters In
Text by Langston Hughes
William Sharp, baritone; Christopher Oldfather, piano 

Florence Price, Hold Fast to Dreams
Text by Langston Hughes
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Christopher Oldfather, piano 

Sofia Gubaidulina, Aus den Visionen der Hildegard von Bingen (1994)
Lucy Shelton, solo soprano 

Hildegard von Bingen, O Virtus Sapentiae
Hildegard von Bingen, Karitas habundat
Students from Longy's Historical Performance and Vocal Studies Programs
Coach: Pamela Dellal, Longy faculty

Hildegard von Bingen, Ave Generosa
Students from Longy's Historical Performance and Vocal Studies Program
With Tony Arnold and Lucy Shelton, sopranos

Bernard Rands, Memo 7 (2000)
Text by Emily Dickinson (“Bind me—I still can sing”)
Tony Arnold, solo soprano 

Intermission

Eric Nathan, Some Favored Nook (2017; Boston Premiere) 
Texts by Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson  (adapted by Mark Campbell and Eric Nathan)
Tony Arnold, soprano; William Sharp, baritone; Christopher Oldfather, piano

The concert will conclude by 4:30 p.m.
Please join Collage for Post-Concert Talkback with the artists from the stage, followed by a reception.