TAKIN’ SOULS DUO PRESENTS: I KNOW WHAT MY HEART IS LIKE NEW MUSIC FOR MEZZO-SOPRANO AND BASSOON
MEGAN IHNEN, MEZZO-SOPRANO DARREL HALE, BASSOON
Program announced from stage featuring selections from the following works:
Washing Water Buffalo in the Ocean (2020)
White Ash (2019)
The Wind Will Takes Us (2019)
Millay Songs
I. Figs from Thistles: First Fig
II. I think I should have loved you presently (Sonnet IX) III. Ebb
IV. Afternoon on a Hill
V. Figs from Thistles: First Fig Reprise
Everybody’s a Picasso
Aurora (2019)
Bound III (2015)
The Centipède – Le Mille-Pattes (2013)
Gregory W. Brown (b. 1974)
Mara Gibson (b. 1972)
Niloufar Iravani (b.1990)
Dana Kaufman (b.1992)
Eric Malmquist (b. 1985)
Hannah Rice (b.2000)
Garrett Schumann (b.1987)
David W. Solomons (b. 1953)
Takin’ Souls features mezzo-soprano MEGAN IHNEN and bassoonist DARREL HALE. Their collaboration began with a shared passion for exploring the rich possibilities at the intersection of classical and contemporary classical music. Megan and Darrel first joined forces in a recital of new music alongside Elena Lacheva and Stephanie Gustafson Amfahr, featuring works by Alec Wilder, William Winstead, Mara Gibson, Hannah Rice, and Jenni Brandon. This collaborative experience catalyzed the formation of Takin’ Souls, allowing Megan and Darrel to delve deeper into the nuanced interplay of their respective instruments.
