Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene

In a performance inspired by her 2023 Grammy-Award winning album, experience the turbulence and resilience of Mother Nature’s life as Renée Fleming performs music by Handel, Nico Muhly, Björk and Lord of The Rings’ Howard Shore—all set against a backdrop of stunning film from the National Geographic Society.

Then, Renée Fleming performs her all-time favorites joined by the May Festival Chorus and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in this not-to-be-missed grand finale.

Program

Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene

• Hazel Dickens “Pretty Bird”
• George Frideric Handel “Care selve” from Atalanta
• Nico Muhly “Endless Space”
• Joseph Canteloube “Baïlèro” from Songs of the Auvergne
• Maria Schneider “Our Finch Feeder” from Winter Morning Walks
• Björk “All is Full of Love”
• Heitor Villa-Lobos “Finale” from Floresta do Amazonas
• Howard Shore “Twilight and Shadow” from Lord of The Rings
• Kevin Puts “Evening”
• Curtis Green “Red Mountains Sometimes Cry”
• Burt Bacharach / Hal David “What the World Needs Now is Love”

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
Giacomo Puccini “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Laudate Dominum” from Vesperae solennes de confessore
Richard Rodgers “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel

Artists

Renée Fleming, soprano
Robert Moody, conductor
May Festival Chorus
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra