Award-winning duo Jacquelyn Matava ’09, mezzo-soprano, and pianist Samuel Gaskin present Short Stories, a recital contrasting Franz Schubert’s lieder with contemporary German, French, and American songs by Messiaen, Rihm, Eggert, Musto, Corigliano, and Ives.

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Jacquelyn Matava ’09, mezzo-soprano, pianist Samuel Gaskin

Songs by:

Franz Schubert
Grove (Vassar) Britannica.com (ALL)

Olivier Messiaen
Grove (Vassar)  Britannica.com (ALL)

Wolfgang Rihm
Grove (Vassar) universaledition.com ALL)

Joachim Eggert
Grove(Vassar) swedishmusicalheritage.com (ALL)

Jon Musto
Jon Musto.com (ALL)

Jon Corigliano
Grove(Vassar)  John Corigliano official website (ALL)

Charles Ives
Grove (Vassar)  CharlesIves.com (ALL)

Performance by Jcquelyn Matava and Samuel Gaskin: Schuberts’s "Verklärung"  Sept 28, 2021.