CAITLIN LYNCH & JONATHAN LASCH
ARCHIVE VIDEO FROM JUNE 14, 2020
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Co-Presenters
Chamber Music Society of Detroit
Michigan Opera Theater
The War Memorial
Supporting Presenters
The Schvitz Detroit
Detroit Song Collective
PROGRAM:
“Let Evening Come“ is a program of American Song that gives voice to our confusion, grief, hope and love. Jonathan Lasch, baritone, Caitlin Lynch, soprano, and Steven McGhee, pianist, perform American songs, both familiar and brand new, by Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom and Jake Heggie, among others. They will highlight the works of living American composers, including new compositions by Wayne State’s own Norah Duncan, IV. The program will be web-streamed from Wayne State University’s intimate Schaver Music Recital Hall.
Caitlin Lynch, soprano
Jonathan Lasch, baritone
Steven McGhee, piano
John Madison, viola
Let Evening Come: A Program of American Song
William Bolcom: “Waitin”, from Cabaret Songs (poem by Arnold Weinstein)
Leonard Bernstein: “Something’s Coming”, from West Side Story (lyrics by Stephen Sondheim)
David Hanlon: “12/15/16 Llano, TX” (poem by Kathleen Kelly)
Nico Muhly: “Room Song” from Object Songs (poem by Maira Kalman)
Norah Duncan, IV: “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel” (African American Spiritual)
William Bolcom: Let Evening Come
“Ailey, Baldwin, Floyd, Killens, and Mayfield” (poem by Maya Angelou)
“Tis not that Dying hurts us so” (poem by Emily Dickinson)
Interlude
“Let Evening Come” (poem by Jane Kenyon)
William Bolcom: “Blue”, from Cabaret Songs (poem by Arnold Weinstein)
Jake Heggie: “That I always did love”, from Newer Every Day (poem by Emily Dickinson)
Leonard Bernstein: “To what you said”, from Songfest (poem by Walt Whitman)
Robert Paterson: “A Prairie Sunset”, from Whitman’s America (poem by Walt Whitman)
John Musto: “Litany”, from Shadow of the Blues (poem by Langston Hughes)
Norah Duncan, IV: “City Called Heaven” (African American Spiritual)
Leonard Bernstein: “Somewhere”, from West Side Story (lyrics by Stephen Sondheim)
“Chief vocal honors go to soprano Caitlin Lynch, a Michigan native, who sang Donna Anna’s music with seamless, effortless, unforced sound. Her “Non mi dir” was especially beautiful, a model of controlled yet plangent singing.”
“Baritone Jonathan Lasch balanced a big, powerful sound with a light-handed facility with which he made every noteof the fast passagework perfectly clear.”
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Caitlin Lynch, soprano | Jonathan Lasch, baritone | Steven McGhee, piano | John Madison, viola
Described as “luminous” by the New York Times, Michigan native Caitlin Lynch has won acclaim for her captivating portrayals of iconic leading ladies with a repertoire that encompasses Mozart to Verdi and Handel to Heggie. In addition to the Metropolitan Opera, she has appeared with Michigan Opera Theater, the English National Opera and the San Diego Opera, among many others, as well as in concert with major orchestras nationwide. Also known for her dynamic interpretations of new music, she has also worked closely with composers such as Jake Heggie, who engaged her to sing the world première of his new song cycle, Another Sunrise.
Jonathan Lasch has performed the roles of Leporello in Don Giovanni and Marco in A View from the Bridge with the Michigan Opera Theater, sang Ford in Falstaff with the Aspen Opera Theater Center, and has appeared with the Princeton Festival, Fargo Moorhead Opera and Lyric Opera Baltimore. In concert, he has performed the Messiah with the Houston and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras as well as performances of Barber’s Dover Beach with the Emerson String Quartet. His recent Detroit-area appearances include the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and the Toledo and Adrian Symphony Orchestras, among others.
Caitlin Lynch and Jonathan Lasch are happily married with three children currently living in Ferndale and serving on the faculty of Wayne State University. They are also co-founders of the Detroit Song Collective.
Steven McGhee has been artistic director for Opera Modo since 2014, directing productions of Albert Herring, Carmen, Cendrillon, Cosi fan tutte and many others.
John Alexander Madison, who is featured in William Bolcom’s “Let Evening Come,” is Principal Violist of The Michigan Opera Theatre, performs regularly with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and is a founding member of New Verse Chamber Ensemble and the Ann Arbor-based Cassini Ensemble.
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