Five Songs on Poems of Jean Starr Untermeyer for high voice and piano Op.135 c.18’00”

I. LAKE-SONG
II. BERKSHIRE TWILIGHT
III. NEW TRIBUTES
IV. MIST
V. FORGET-ME-NOTS

Commissioned by Vocal Arts DC and Wigmore Hall, London

Dedicated to Brenda Rae

First performed on September 17th 2019 at the Terrace Theater, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, by soprano Brenda Rae and pianist Jonathan Ware

REVIEWS

“The ultimate triumph came with the world premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s brilliant Five Songs on Poems of Jean Starr Untermeyer. Composed specifically for Rae to poems selected by Rae from Untermeyer’s oeuvre, the songs fit her voice like a glove; the pianissimo high notes glimmered above the meandering, oscillating harmony…”
Washington Classical Review

“Liebermann’s songs are a masterful blend of music and poetry that by turns conjure ancient echoes of heartbreak, moments of sweet melancholy, and nature’s expansive, timeless beauty.”
Maryland Theatre Guide