2023–2024 Season
includes six recitals at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Erin Morley & Gerald Martin Moore
THE GERALD & ANN K. PERMAN MEMORIAL RECITAL
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Celebrate the cycle of flowers’ fragrance, death, and rebirth with “Rose In Bloom,” a recital featuring the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Huit Chansons De Fleurs, and pieces by Camille Saint-Saëns, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Rachmaninov, Alban Berg, Alexander Zemlinsky, and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
2024–2025 Season
includes five recitals at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Lucas Meachem & Irina Meachem
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Together this husband and wife duo, Lucas and Irina Meachem, present Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, a mournful exploration of parental grief, and pieces from the American art song canon by William Grant Still, Florence Price, and Jake Heggie.
Lunga Eric Hallam & Craig Terry
THE GERALD PERMAN FUND FOR EMERGING ARTISTS DEBUT RECITAL
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Repertoire to be announced.
Samantha Hankey & Myra Huang
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The cornerstone of Hankey’s program is Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love) by Robert Schumann, a set of 16 cathartic songs that reflect on Schumann’s separation from his bride, Clara. This jewel of German lieder sits between Poulenc’s masterful 3 Chanson de Federico García Lorca and songs by Satie, Schönberg, Trenet, Weill, and Porter.
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen & John Churchwell
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In this sweeping program centered around the beauty found in nature, Nussbaum Cohen presents a wide range of repertoire never before sung by countertenor. The program includes music by Handel, Korngold, Brahms, Price, and Adams, alongside a newly composed song set by Jake Heggie. Robert Schumann’s song cycle, Liederkreis Op. 39, which Schumann wrote to his wife was “my most romantic music yet, with much of you in it,” rounds out this moving and memorable evening.
Fleur Barron & Kunal Lahiry
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Power and the Glory explores diverse perspectives on colonial history through music and poetry of the last 150 years. From Kamala Sankaram’s rage-inspired “The Far Shore” to Zubaida Azezi and Edo Frenkel’s Uyghur song “Mitiz Meshrep,” the artists encourage their audience to explore uncomfortable issues of the past and present with empathy and understanding. Other composers on the program include Valcarcel, Messiaen, Montsalvatge, Mahler, Weill, and Schoenberg.
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Past Recitals From the 2023-2024 Season
Anthony Roth Costanzo & Bryan Wagorn
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Program included selections by Antonio Vivaldi, Gabriela Lena Frank, Joel Thompson, Giuseppe Verdi, and songs of Barbra Streisand.
Jonah Hoskins & William Woodard
THE GERALD PERMAN FUND FOR EMERGING ARTISTS DEBUT RECITAL
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Program included Jake Heggie’s Friendly Persuasions, Erik Satie’s Les Trois Mélodies, and selections by Lee Hoiby, Robert Schumann, and Franz Schubert.
Raehann Bryce-Davis & Jeanne-Minette Cilliers
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Bryce-Davis’ program honored women composers and poets with repertoire including Amy Beach’s Three Browning Songs, Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, and selections by Melissa Dunphy, Maria Thompson Corley, and Peter Ashbourne.
Russell Thomas & Lucas Nogara
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The program explored love in its various forms and included Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Jasmine Barnes’ Love and Light, and selections by Henri Duparc and Richard Strauss.
Daniela Mack & Keun-A Lee
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The program paired songs from Daniela’s childhood home, Argentina, with a world premiere by Rene Orth entitled At First, Now, Always. This nine-piece song cycle explores the personal experience of motherhood with pieces such as “Before You Arrived” and “The Middle of the Night.” Other works on the program include pieces by Rossini, Jofre, Lorca, and Chapí.