Featured Performers
Program
- 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”
- Sergie RACHMANINOFF: Moments Musicaux No. 4
- Howard SHORE: “Twilight and Shadow” from Lord of the Rings
- Kevin PUTS: “Evening”
- Curtis GREEN: “Red Mountains Sometimes Cry”
- Burt BACHARACH: “What the World Needs Now”
- Gabriel FAURÉ: “Au Bord De L’eau”
- Gabriel FAURÉ: “Les Berceaux”
- Edvard GRIEG: “Lauf Der Welt”
- Edvard GRIEG: “Zur Rosenzeit”
- Giacomo PUCCINI: “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
- Jerome Kern: “All the Things You Are”
- Andrew Lippa: The Diva
Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming draws inspiration from the vivid imagery of nature's beauty and the urgent need to protect our planet in Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene. This program seamlessly blends timeless classical works with modern compositions, reflecting our evolving relationship with the environment.
Expanding on her 2023 Grammy Award-winning album of the same name, Fleming, in collaboration with National Geographic, celebrates the wonder of the natural world while underscoring its fragility. Through music and stunning visuals from National Geographic, experience a moving tribute to nature as both our muse and our responsibility.
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A program note from Renée Fleming:
I thought of the great legacy of song literature that I love, when Romantic-era poets and composers reveled in imagery of nature, finding reflections of human experience in the environment. I decided to record some of this music, and to juxtapose these classics with the voices of living composers, addressing our current, troubled relationship with the natural world...my hope is, in some small way, to rekindle your appreciation of nature, and encourage any efforts you can make to protect the planet we share.
To read the full program note, click here.
Sponsors
Major support for this performance is provided by Elizabeth Segerstrom and the Henry T. and Elizabeth Segerstrom Foundation
