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Measures Of Affection: Five Musical Love Letters

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Measures Of Affection: Five Musical Love Letters

February 13, 2013 • For centuries composers have written love letters, but not by scratching words on paper. Their language is music. Hear five passionate outpourings by the likes of Mahler, Janáček and Peter Lieberson.

Measures Of Affection: Five Musical Love Letters

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'Neruda Songs' Wins Grawemeyer Award

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December 3, 2007 • Peter Lieberson set love sonnets by Pablo Neruda to music. They turned out to be a farewell gift to his wife, mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who sang the songs' world premiere before she died. Now, the music has won the prestigious Grawemeyer award.

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Mezzo-Soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

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January 3, 2007 • Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews three new releases of live recordings by the late mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: John Harbison's North and South; Peter Liberson's Neruda Songs; and Rilke Songs.

Mezzo-Soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

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Lieberson's 'Neruda Songs,' Tracing Love's Arc

December 30, 2006 • Before she died of cancer in July, soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson recorded several performances of an orchestral song cycle called Neruda Songs, composed by her husband, Peter Lieberson.

Lieberson's 'Neruda Songs,' Tracing Love's Arc

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Song Of The Day

A Lover's Dying Words, Sumptuously Scored

December 21, 2006 • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's "My love, if I die and you don't--" offers a clear-eyed tribute to everlasting love. But it's hard not to be moved listening to the late singer's gorgeous, smoky voice, as well as her unsentimental approach to music that already aches with yearning and loss.

Neruda Songs, for mezzo-soprano & orchestra [Amor mío, si muero y tú no mueres (My love, if I die and you don't-)]

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and the Music of Love

July 8, 2006 • We hear one of the last pieces performed by mezzo soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson — a series of Pablo Neruda's love sonnets set to music by her husband, composer Peter Lieberson. Hunt Lieberson died earlier this week. She was 52.

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and the Music of Love

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Mezzo-Soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: An Appreciation

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July 7, 2006 • Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz has an appreciation of mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who died Monday at her home in Santa Fe at the age of 52 after a long illness.

Mezzo-Soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: An Appreciation

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Remembered

July 5, 2006 • 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.

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Remembered

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Classical Music: Duelling Handel Arias

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January 26, 2005 • Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews two new albums of Handel arias by opera singers Renee Fleming and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (on the Universal and Avie labels).

Classical Music: Duelling Handel Arias

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Mezzo-soprano Highlights Lesser-Known Pieces

January 31, 2004 • American mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson has taken an unconventional career path. She's not singing the big roles at the Metropolitan Opera that are every soprano's dream. Nor is she preparing a crossover album of classic pop tunes. Instead, Hunt Lieberson finds drama within lesser known pieces. Her recent recording of Bach cantatas was named one of the ten best classical albums of the year by the New York Times and is currently No. 3 on the Billboard classical chart. Jeff Lunden has this profile.

Mezzo-soprano Highlights Lesser-Known Pieces

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New Releases Showcase Lieberson's Vocal Talent

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New Releases Showcase Lieberson's Vocal Talent

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August 1, 2011 • Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson died a little more than five years ago at the height of her career. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz says that, just when it seemed we weren't going to hear her sing anything new, some fantastic live performances have just been released for the first time.

New Releases Showcase Lieberson's Vocal Talent

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Composer Peter Lieberson Dies At 64

April 25, 2011 • The thoughtful American composer was influenced by modernism, lyricism and Buddhism. His music was championed by pianist Peter Serkin and his late wife, mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.

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Guest DJ: Simone Dinnerstein

April 13, 2011 • The mild-mannered pianist is fiercely devoted to expressing rhythmical freedom in the musical line. Hear her pick favorite recordings by artists who share her aesthetic.

Guest DJ: Simone Dinnerstein

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