Bernstein’s Arias & Barcarolles presented by Chameleon Arts Ensemble

Chameleon Arts Ensemble 2026-2027 Season

Songs in the Key of Life
featuring soprano, Mary Mackenzie; baritone Nathaniel Sullivan; and Vivian Chang-Freiheit and Yun Janice Lu, piano

Sunday, May 2, 2027, 4 PM
Goethe-Institut, Boston, 170 Beacon Street

PROGRAM:
Robert Schumann, Fünf Lieder for baritone & piano, Op. 40
Clara Schumann, Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde for soprano & piano, Op. 23
Robert Paterson, Extraordinary for soprano, baritone & piano
Leonard Bernstein, Arias and Barcarolles for soprano, baritone & piano four-hands

Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. Classical music’s favorite couple explores themes of affection and the beauty of nature, and Robert Paterson offers a cheeky take on finding love in the 21st century. Bernstein’s final work is a meditation on the “stuff” of life, reminiscing on lovers, parents, children, and the mundane affairs of domestic bliss. He wrote the clever, poignant texts himself, complete with scatting, bluesy ballads, and witty banter. As in real life, the small joys are the big joys. You can’t have one without the other.