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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Remembered

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Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson died Monday at 52. From a concert performance last May, Hunt sings a love song her husband, Peter Lieberson, wrote for her: "If Your Eyes Were Not the Color of the Moon," based on a poem by Pablo Neruda. Esa Pekka Salonen leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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