Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

Camille Claudel: Into the Fire

Prelude: Awakening
1. Rodin
2. La Valse
3. Shakuntala
4. La petite châtelaine
5. The Gossips
6. L’age mûr (piano solo)
7. Epilogue: Jessie Lipscomb visits Camille Claudel, Montdevergues Asylum, 1929

Music by Jake Heggie (b. 1961)
Texts by Gene Scheer (b. 1958)

- brief pause -

Found Postcards

1. To Miss Mary M. Burke, Sparta WI (1909) b. 1972
2. To Mr. Walter Estes, New Gloucester ME (1937)
3. To Charlie, May 2 (1911)
4. To Mrs. Leander Holdridge Harwick, Chenango Co. NY (1909)

Music by Jonathan Newman (b. 1972)
Texts taken from various abandoned postcards

"Unsung Sondheim"

“The Boy From...” from The Mad Show

Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021)
Music by Mary Rogers (1931–2014)

“What can you lose?” from the Film Dick Tracy

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021)

“Don’t laugh” from Hot Spot

Music by Stephan Sondehim and Mary Rogers (1930–2021, 1931–2014)
Lyrics by Martin Charnin (1934–2019)

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