Musicians from the Met Orchestra & Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano

March 29, 2021
7:30PM

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Tamara Mumford, mezzo soprano
Chelsea Knox, flute
Bruno Eicher and Sarah Crocker Vonsattel, violins
Shmuel Katz, viola
Kari Jane Docter and Julia Bruskin, cellos
June Han, harp
Adam Nielsen, piano

“Revelatory” mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford (New York Times) joins several musicians from the great Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for music by opera composers Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, and Puccini, alongside a new arrangement of Debussy songs by Jake Heggie, whose Dead Man Walking was scheduled to appear at the Met this season. A selection of cabaret songs by American composer William Bolcom rounds out the program.

PROGRAM

Mozart - Flute Quartet in D Major, K285

Puccini - Chrisantemi for string quartet

William Bolcom - Selections from Cabaret Songs - “Lady Luck,” “Angels,” “Blue,” “Amor”

Debussy - Selections from Chansons de Bilitis arr. Jake Heggie for voice, string quartet, flute, and harp (world premiere)

Bizet - Entr’Acte from Carmen, arr. Desiree Elsevier for flute, harp and string quartet

Rossini - “Cruda sorte” from L’Italiana in Algeri arr. Desiree Elsevier

WATCH & LISTEN

Tamara Mumford sings in the Met’s production of Kaija Saariaho’s L’amour de Loin