{"product_id":"heggie-unexpected-shadows","title":"Heggie: Unexpected Shadows - Matt Haimovitz, Jake Heggie, Jamie Barton","description":"\u003cp\u003eA CELEBRATION OF POWERFUL, EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStar mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton presents a recital of songs by American composer Jake Heggie, with the composer at the piano. UNEXPECTED SHADOWS is a celebration in words and music of powerful, exceptional women. The program contains four song cycles, a standalone art song, and an opera aria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Work at Hand, set to poetry of the late Laura Morefield, contemplates the brave fight against cancer that she, and millions like her, went through. Matt Haimovitz’ cello playing adds an extra layer to this profoundly moving song cycle. Iconic Legacies, with texts by Gene Scheer, offers four portraits of remarkable First Ladies. Scheer also wrote texts for Statuesque, inspired by five iconic sculptures of women and the deeply human stories within them. Of Gods \u0026amp; Cats, based on poetry by Gavin Dillard, offers playful parodies on religious allegories. Music, set to a text by Sister Helen Prejean, addresses the transformative, healing, and humanizing power of music, while the “Ice Cube Aria” from Heggie’s opera If I Were You, with a libretto by Gene Scheer, shows the female demon Brittomara reflecting on the delicious predictability of human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, just named BBC Music Magazine’s 2020 Personality of the Year, makes her PENTATONE debut. Jake Heggie has a vast discography with the label, including the opera It’s a Wonderful Life (2017) and song recital albums by Melody Moore, Lisa Delan and Joyce DiDonato. The same applies to Matt Haimovitz, who has released several albums on PENTATONE, from contemporary classical and jazz and rock covers to Bach’s complete cello suites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1        \"Music\" From The Breaking Waves\u003cbr\u003eText By – Sister Helen Prejean\u003cbr\u003e2:56\u003cbr\u003eThe Work At Hand\u003cbr\u003eText By [Poetry By] – Laura Morefield\u003cbr\u003e(18:37)\u003cbr\u003e2        Individual Origami    \u003cbr\u003e3        Warrior I    \u003cbr\u003e4        The Slow Seconds    \u003cbr\u003e5        Ice Cube Aria: \"I Don't Have To Do A Thing\" From If I Were You\u003cbr\u003eLibretto By – Gene Scheer\u003cbr\u003e3:27\u003cbr\u003eIconic Legacies: First Ladies At The Smithsonian\u003cbr\u003eText By [Texts By] – Gene Scheer\u003cbr\u003e(15:35)\u003cbr\u003e6        Eleanor Roosevelt: Marian Anderson's Mink Coat    \u003cbr\u003e7        Mary Todd Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln's Hat    \u003cbr\u003e8        Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: White House Christmas Card, 1963    \u003cbr\u003e9        Barbara Bush: The Muppets    \u003cbr\u003eOf Gods \u0026amp; Cats\u003cbr\u003eText By [Poetry By] – Gavin Dillard\u003cbr\u003e(6:32)\u003cbr\u003e10        In The Beginning    \u003cbr\u003e11        Once Upon A Universe    \u003cbr\u003eStatuesque\u003cbr\u003eText By [Texts By] – Gene Scheer\u003cbr\u003e(19:30)\u003cbr\u003e12        Henry Moore: Reclining Figure In Elmwood    \u003cbr\u003e13        Pablo Picasso: Head Of A Woman, 1932    \u003cbr\u003e14        Hatshepsut: The Divine Potter    \u003cbr\u003e15        Alberto Giacometti: Standing Woman, 1948    \u003cbr\u003e16        Winged Victory: We're Through\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pentatone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67657370992890,"sku":"PTC5186836","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/PTC5186836-cover.jpg?v=1791320830","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/products\/heggie-unexpected-shadows","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}