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RENÉE FLEMING sings the VOICE OF NATURE
Sat May 24, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Renée Fleming, soprano
Robert Moody, conductor
May Festival Chorus, Matthew Swanson, Director
May Festival Youth Chorus, Jason Alexander Holmes, Director
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru, Music Director Designate
In a performance inspired by her 2023 Grammy-Award winning album, experience the turbulence and resilience of Mother Nature's life as Renée Fleming performs music by Handel, Nico Muhly, Björk and Lord of The Rings' Howard Shore—all set against a backdrop of stunning film from the National Geographic Society.
Then, Renée Fleming performs her all-time favorites joined by the May Festival Chorus and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in this not-to-be-missed grand finale.
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Program
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Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene
Hazel Dickens “Pretty Bird”
George Frideric Handel “Care selve” from Atalanta
Nico Muhly “Endless Space”
Joseph Canteloube “Baïlèro” from Songs of the Auvergne
Maria Schneider “Our Finch Feeder” from Winter Morning Walks
Björk “All is Full of Love”
Heitor Villa-Lobos “Finale” from Floresta do Amazonas
Howard Shore “Twilight and Shadow” from Lord of The Rings
Kevin Puts “Evening”
Curtis Green “Red Mountains Sometimes Cry”
Burt Bacharach / Hal David “What the World Needs Now is Love”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Laudate Dominum” from Vesperae solennes de confessore
Giuseppe Verdi "Brindisi, Libiamo" from Act I of La traviata
Giacomo Puccini “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
Richard Rodgers “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel
