The Seikilos Epitaph c. 100–200 CE

Excerpt from The Four Loves (1960)

Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963)

“I want to die while you love me”

Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966)
Presented with permission.

“Arise, My Love”

Richard Hundley (1931–2018)
Song of Solomon, 2:10–13

“Due pupille amabili”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Text from an unknown author

“Tu donnes des rêves à mes nuits…” from Lettres à Lou Andreas-Salomé

Ranier Maria Rilke (1875–1926)

“Pur ti miro” from L’Incoronazione di Poppea

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Giovanni Francesco Busenello (1598–1659) 

“Luci care, luci belle”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782)

“A complaint”

Robert Owens (1925–2017)
William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) 
Presented under license from Ries & Erler Musikverlag

“Till I Wake”

Harry T. Burleigh (1866–1949)
Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Nicolson) (1865–1904) 

“The Heart of a Woman”

Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880–1966)

Rastlose Liebe, D.138

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) 

“This is what it is to love an artist” from Eurydice

Matthew Aucoin (b. 1990)
Sarah Ruhl (b. 1974)
Presented under license from Associated Music Publishers, Inc., copyright owners.

“Più non si trovano”

“Se lontan, ben mio, to sei”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782) 

“Col mio sangue comprerei”

Alessandro Stradella (1643–1682)
Flavio Orsini (1532–1581) 

“My Love”

Harold Bruce Forsythe (1908–1976)
Richard Bruce (1906–1987)

“Hope”

Robert Owens (1925–2017)
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) 
Presented under license from Ries & Erler Musikverlag

“I am s h e d d i n g”

Jo Sexton

“Adieu, jusque je vous revoye”

Marques L. A. Garrett
Anonymous text
Presented under license from MLAG Music, LLC

“She Weeps Over Rahoon”

Harold Bruce Forsythe (1908–1976)
James Joyce (1882–1941)

Excerpt from Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene ii

William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Caro mio ben”

Giuseppe Giordani (1751–1798)
arr. Carlos Simon
Presented under license from Bill Holab Music

“Mi lagnerò tacendo”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782) 

“I Believe”

Dave Ragland (b. 1978)
Anonymous text

“We have not long to love”

Tennessee Williams (1911–1983)

“Ecco quel fiero istante”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782)

“The shouting for joy is there…” from Lettres à Lou Andreas-Salomé

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)

O music of the powers!

Cedric Allder (b. 2005)
Ranier Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926)
Translation by Mark S. Burrows

Excerpt from Henry VIII, Act III, Scene i

William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Orpheus”

Ivor Gurney (1890–1937)
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) 

“Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen” from A Love Cycle

Marques L. A. Garrett
Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) 
Presented under license from MLAG Music, LLC

“But oh! What art can teach”

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
John Dryden (1631–1700)

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen (1934–2016)

The Artist

Evan Mack (b. 1981)
Mahdu Ragavendra