University of Notre Dame - LaBar Performance Hall
Wildgesang: a celebration of the untamed human voice
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Program
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923–2006): · Reggel (Night · Morning) (1955)
2. Reggel
Franz Schubert (1797–1828): An die Sonne (1816)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921): Deux choeurs (Two Choruses), Op. 68 (1882)
2. Les fleurs et les arbres
Vocal Painting Interlude No. 1
Kari Francis (b. 1988): Sharks in the Rivers (2023)
Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980): Vesper Sparrow (2012)
Vocal Painting Interlude No. 2
Jake Runestad (b. 1986): The Peace of Wild Things (2013)
John Tavener (1944–2013): The Tyger (1987)
Meredith Monk (b. 1942): Panda Chant II (1984)
Wildgesang, or “wild singing,” spotlights the ways composers have used the elasticity of the human voice to depict the natural world. Opening with a short lecture about an improvisation method known as Vocal Painting, Wildgesang captures the magic of flora and fauna as illustrated through choral music from the past two centuries. Works by composers such as György Ligeti, Missy Mazzoli, and Jake Runestad paint vivid vocal landscapes, which will intertwine with newly improvised vignettes—all exploring the resonances and contrasts between nature’s wonders and the interiority of the human heart.