Fotina Naumenko, soprano

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

WORLD PREMIERE

Hope is the Thing with Feathers

I. After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes
II. Hope is the Thing with Feathers
III. I Dwell in Possibility

Jennifer Jolley (b. 1981)
Texts by Emily Dickinson

Fotina Naumenko, soprano
Colin Davin, guitar
Julietta Curenton, flute

WORLD PREMIERE

Let Evening Come

I. Evening Sun
II. Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks
III. In the Nursing Home
IV. Let Evening Come

Benedict Sheehan (b. 1980)
Texts by Jane Kenyon

Fotina Naumenko, soprano
Nadia Pessoa, harp
Julian Schwarz, cello

- brief intermission -

The Birth Project

I. The Song Rehearsal (A.E. Stallings)
II. Pregnant (Cheryl Strayed)
III. Ultrasound (A.E. Stallings)
IV. Due Date (Lauren Groff)
V. Alone* (Akiko Yosano, adapted by M.K. Dean)
VI. Mia (Gina Zucker)
VII. First Miracle (A.E. Stallings)
VIII. Superhero (Birth One) (Phoebe Damrosch)
IX. Blood Moon (Patricia Kirkpatrick)
X. From the Start (Birth Two)
XI. Five Days (Birth Three) (Heidi Pitlor)
XII. I Did It! (Birth Four) (Heidi Pitlor)

Libby Larsen (b. 1950)

Fotina Naumenko, soprano
Chelsea Melamed Cushman, mezzo soprano
Alexander Bernstein, piano

*Diction coaching by Akemi Takayama

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