Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Countertenor
John Churchwell, Piano

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Thursday, February 13, 2025 7:30 PM Weill Recital Hall

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen by Dario Acosta, John Churchwell by Sheila Newbery

In this sweeping program centered around the beauty found in nature, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen brings his “astonishingly beautiful” (The Guardian) tone to a wide range of repertoire. Heightened by the deeply sensitive playing of pianist John Churchwell, the program includes Korngold’s rarely performed Songs of Farewell; Robert Schumann’s Liederkreis Op. 39; works from Nussbaum Cohen’s Jewish heritage; songs by Black American composers Leslie Adams and Florence Price; and a new work by leading American composer Jake Heggie. Having recently recorded the program’s German song repertoire—never before recorded by a countertenor—this departure from the standard repertory of the voice type promises to create a moving and memorable evening.

Part of: Great Singers III: Evenings of Song

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Countertenor
John Churchwell, Piano

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KORNGOLD Abschiedslieder

C. SCHUMANN "Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen," Op. 13, No. 1

BRAHMS "In meiner Nächte Sehnen," Op. 57, No. 5

C. SCHUMANN "Der Mond kommt still gegangen," Op. 13, No. 4

BRAHMS "Mein wundes Herz verlangt" Op. 59, No. 7

BRAHMS "Unbewegte laue Luft," Op. 57, No. 8

JANOWSKI "Avinu Malkeinu"

RAVEL "Kaddisch" from Deux mélodies hébraïques

LESLIE ADAMS "Prayer" from Nightsongs

PRICE "Sunset"

HANDEL "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" from Saul

JAKE HEGGIE New Work

R. SCHUMANN Liederkreis, Op. 39

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Join us for a free drink at a post-concert reception in Weill Recital Hall’s Jacobs Room.
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