Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Music by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981) Text by James Agee (1909 - 1955) Victoria Holland, soprano Diana Schmück, piano
FRIDAY NOONDAY CONCERT FEATURING “KNOXVILLE: SUMMER OF 1915”
Please enjoy this performance from the Friday Noonday Concert at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, IL in February, 2020.
This featured song includes text selected by Samuel Barber from James Agee’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, which was published in 1957 as the prologue for Agee’s novel, A Death in the Family.
Additional songs from this performance are below.
"Early in the Morning" Music by Ned Roren (b. 1923) Text by Roger Hillyer (1895 - 1961) Victoria Holland, soprano Diana Schmück, piano
"Once More" Music by David MacIntyre (b. 1952) Text by Robin Skelton (1925 - 1997) Victoria Holland, soprano Diana Schmück, piano February, 2020 Concert at F...
"Among the Fuschsias" Music by Harry Burleigh (1866 - 1949) Text by Laurence Hope (1865 - 1904) pseudonym for Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory) Victoria Hol...
"Heart, We Will Forget Him" Music by Robert Ursan (b. 1963) Text by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 86) Victoria Holland, soprano Diana Schmück, piano
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"Love's Philosophy" Music by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953) Text by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822) Victoria Holland, soprano Diana Schmück, piano
"Quilled Sonnet" Music by James Wright (b. 1959) Text by Steven Michael Berzensky (b. 1940) Victoria Holland, soprano Diana Schmück, piano
"Worth While" Music by Harry Burleigh (1866 - 1949) Text by Laurence Hope (1865 - 1904) pseudonym for Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory) Victoria Holland, so...