Conceived by Lisa Radakovich Holsberg, this program features the unity of powerful poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire, Évariste de Parny, John McCrae, Anna Akhmatova, Bertolt Brecht with music by some of the 20th centuries greatest composers: Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Charles Ives, John Tavener, Kurt Weill, and Stephen Sondheim.
Program Songs of War - Charles Ives (1874-1954) Selected Songs - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Chansons Madécasses - Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Akhmatova Songs - John Tavener (1944-2013) Selected Songs - Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Selections from Sunday in the Park with George - Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
Performers Lisa Radakovich Holsberg, soprano LeAnn Overton, piano Maureen Hynes, cello Karla Moe, flute Eric Scott Kincaid, tenor