Tony Arnold, soprano | William Sharp, baritone | Seth Knopp, piano
Also featuring soprano Lucy Shelton, Longy School of Music Choir
Edward Pickman Hall
Longy School of Music

Program curated by Eric Nathan, featuring Collage 2024-25 Artistic Partner Tony Arnold

II. Collage New Music presents: “I Shall Be Brave: A Celebration in Song”

Amy Beach, I Shall Be Brave
Text by Katherine Adams

Margaret Bonds, When the Dove Enters In
Text by Langston Hughes

Florence Price, Hold Fast to Dreams
Text by Langston Hughes
William Sharp, baritone; Seth Knopp, piano 

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

Hildegard von Bingen: Various Works for chorus
Tony Arnold and Lucy Shelton, sopranos
Longy students 

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; Seth Knopp, piano

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