Singing is Being: Music for Vocal Quartet and Piano

The Santa Cruz Chamber Players present:

Ivan Rosenblum and Friends

Ivan Rosenblum, concert director and piano
Daniel Goldsmith, piano
Jordan Best, soprano
Elizabeth Neff, mezzo-soprano
Jorge Torrez, tenor
Joshua Porter, baritone

Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo

Inspired by the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, this program reflects on the idea that singing can reveal something deeper than ordinary—when inner life suddenly becomes audible. Music by Robert Schumann, Ivan Rosenblum, and Leonard Bernstein highlights the voice not simply as an instrument, but as a direct expression of what it means to be human. As Rilke understood, some things are too essential to be spoken. They must be sung.

PROGRAM

• Robert Schumann: Selections from Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74
• Ivan Rosenblum: Aus den hebräischen Gesängen nach Auschwitz
• Robert Schumann: Arabesque, Op. 18
  

Intermission

• Ivan Rosenblum: Hommage to Robert Schumann and Rilke (World Premiere)
• Leonard Bernstein: Selections from Candide