The Last Songs of Robert Owens Jamie Reimer, Stacie Haneline, Karen Becker, Clark Potter

• Robert Owens (1925 - 2017): 4 Sonnets to Duse, Op. 102:
• 1 Owens: 4 Sonnets to Duse, Op. 102: No. 1, To Eleonora Duse 02:53
• 2 Owens: 4 Sonnets to Duse, Op. 102: No. 2, To a Picture of Eleanora Duse in the Dead City 03:32
• 3 Owens: 4 Sonnets to Duse, Op. 102: No. 3, To a Picture of Eleonora Duse in the Dead City 03:45
• 4 Owens: 4 Sonnets to Duse, Op. 102: No. 4, To a Picture of Eleonora Duse as Francesca da Rimini 04:07
• Robert Owens:
• 5 Owens: The Mouse and the Camel, Op. 122 05:33
• 2 Songs, Op. 120:
• 6 Owens: 2 Songs, Op. 120: No. 1, I Am a Part of the Load 06:06
• 7 Owens: 2 Songs, Op. 120: No. 2, Drum Sound Rises on the Air 03:24
• 4 Songs, Op. 121:
• 8 Owens: 4 Songs, Op. 121: No. 1, The Lame Goat 02:24
• 9 Owens: 4 Songs, Op. 121: No. 2, A Craftsman 01:13
• 10 Owens: 4 Songs, Op. 121: No. 3, Humble Living 01:16
• 11 Owens: 4 Songs, Op. 121: No. 4, Wax 03:18
• Anonymous:
• 12 Amazing Grace (Arr. R. Owens for Soprano & Piano) 02:38
• Total Runtime 40:09

Info for The Last Songs of Robert Owens

On January 5, 2017, Robert Owens passed away in Munich. He left behind a vital legacy of music that is just now being fully discovered. Soprano Jamie Reimer has studied the life and work of Owens extensively, and gave the world premiere of his 4 Sonnets to Eleonora Druse, which are on this album. Soprano Jamie Reimer has performed in opera, oratorio and recital venues around the United States, Italy, Germany, Brazil, and Australia. Her concert appearances include performances of Mozart Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Choral Fantasy, as well as Liszt’s Christus for the American Liszt Society’s international festival. She has performed with Opera Omaha, Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Lincoln Symphony, Hastings Symphony, and the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra. She has also appeared in several musical theater roles, including Tessa (The Gondoliers), Rapunzel (Into the Woods), and Martha Jefferson (1776).

Jamie Reimer, soprano
Stacie Haneline, piano
Clark Potter, viola
Karen Becker, cello

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