Chamber Recital with Megan Ihnen and Michael Hall

Contemporary duo and trio works with Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano and Michael Hall, viola.

Contemporary voice, viola, and piano pieces by Mary Kouyoumdjian, Libby Larsen, Eric Malmquist, Jessica Meyer, Jessica Rudman, Garrett Schumann, and Nina C. Young, and others.

PROGRAM

Eric Malmquist
Song of the Rattling Pipes for voice and viola

Garrett Schumann
Folio 1 for voice and viola

Jessica Rudman
Epilogue for voice and viola (2007)

Jessica Meyer
Space, in Chains for voice and viola (2006)

Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano
Michael Hall, viola

Mary Kouyoumdjian (b. 1983)
A Boy and a Makeshift Toy from Children of Conflict for viola and piano (2015)

Michael Hall, viola
Nadia Shpachenko, piano

Nina C. Young (b. 1984)
Void for soprano, viola, and piano (2013)
Text by Emily Dickinson

Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
Sifting Through the Ruins for mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano (2005)
Texts: Anon., Alicia Vasquez, Martha Cooper, and Ted Berrigan.

1. …Jeff Hardy…
2. To the Towers Themselves
3. Don’t Look for me Anymore
4. Untitled
5. Someone Passes

Megan Ihnen, mezzo-soprano
Michael Hall, viola
Nadia Shpachenko, piano