Facing Forward/Looking Back • 2007
Texts and poems by Charlene Baldridge, Eugenia Zukerman, Raymond Carver, Armistead Maupin, and Jake Heggie
Song
Duets for Two Women
World Premiere: August 8, 2007
Commissioned by Welz Kaufman and Ravinia Festival
First Performance: soprano Michèle Bogdanowicz, mezzo Tamara Mumford, and pianist Vlad Iftinca
Bennett Gordon Hall in Highland Park, IL
Duration: 17’
Resources
1. Motherwit
2. Grounded
3. Hummingbird – for Tess
4. Mother in the Mirror
5. Facing Forward
Written in honor of the Steans Institute for Young Artists