NYFOS's New Radio Series Debuts Around the Country, Premieres 1/2

No Song is Safe from Us, a ground-breaking new weekly radio series from NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG (NYFOS), produced by the WFMT Radio Network of Chicago and hosted by legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, premieres January 2 at 8PM (CST). The program can also be streamed live on www.wfmt.com at 9PM (EST).

No Song is Safe from Us will invite the radio listener into the uniquely intimate and dramatic world of the NYFOS concert experience, with sparkling and informative commentary from Artistic Director Steven Blier and Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett. The 13-week series will draw upon NYFOS's extensive concert archives and recordings, and will feature rare, never before broadcast performances from the legendary mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.

NYFOS is known for its daring programming, and the songs-presenting a kaleidoscope of styles-are performed by some of the best and brightest singers of the day. Almost all the material in No Song is Safe from Us is being broadcast for the very first time.

The many singers featured in the radio segments include Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Stephanie Blythe, Joseph Kaiser, Judy Kaye, Dina Kuznetsova, and William Burden.
Among the broadcast programs are:
- Lorraine (highlights from the great singer Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's 13 performances with NYFOS between 1990 and her death in 2006)
- Lost Tribes of Vaudeville (a celebration of Black and Jewish vaudeville)
- Latin Lovers (art song and theater music from Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba)
- Weill's Berlin (including cabaret songs from 1920s Berlin)
- Poets Without Heroes (settings and readings of poetry by Soviet poet Anna Akhmatova and her circle)
- Fugitives (music by composers who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s and '40s)
- Paris at Night (songs about "the city of lights," featuring series host Frederica von Stade)

A complete list of programs, singers, and repertoire appears below.

One of America's most beloved singers, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, is the host for the series. Von Stade's long-standing love for song repertoire and her excellence in the vocal arts, makes her the ideal host for this program.

WFMT Radio Network, Chicago is producer of programs for the New York Philharmonic, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Wigmore Hall and other national and international organizations. No Song is Safe from Us will be distributed throughout the U.S. and around the world. Dozens of U.S. stations, from KUSF in San Francisco, California to KXMS in Joplin, Missouri have picked up the program, and the list will grow throughout the year. No Song is Safe from Us can be streamed live at www.wfmt.com and audio, video, program notes will also be posted, as well as on www.nyfos.org.

"New York Festival of Song reinvented the song recital." - The New Yorker

"Reading a season flier for the New York Festival of Song is like examining the product of some mad mapmaker's brain, where Spain lies right next to Harlem and borders on Norway." - Newsday

"Evenings that can feel like dream dinner parties-the kind where a group of fascinating strangers come together to have wonderfully unexpected conversations." - Opera America

"An entirely new recipe for the recital." - Opera News

"Every detail was designed to give the evening seamless coherence, and you left the hall feeling
enriched, enlightened, entertained and grateful for the experience."- The Washington Post

LINKS/BIOS:

Michael Barrett
http://www.nyfos.org/bios/Barrett,_Michael.php

Steven Blier
http://www.nyfos.org/bios/Blier,_Steven.php

NYFOS
http://nyfos.org/about.php

Frederica von Stade
http://www.fredericavonstade.com/

WFMT
http://www.wfmt.com

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BROADCAST SCHEDULE
(Repertoire and artists are subject to change.)

January 2, 2011
NEW YORK POETS
SOLOISTS: Amy Burton, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Kaiser, tenor; Philip Cutlip, baritone; Steven Blier, piano; Michael Barrett, piano
Berg/O'Hara: Lana Turner Has Collapsed; Is It Dirty
Bolcom/Weinstein: She's Peculiar; I'm His; At the Last Lousy Moments of Love
Rorem/Ashbery: At North Farm; This Room
Richardson/Elmslie: What Will I Do Now He's Gone
Duke/Latouche: Little Poppa Satan
Rorem/Goodman: Rain in Spring; The Lordly Hudson
Bowles/Schuyler: I Knew This Other Man Was Married
Bolcom/Weinstein: Boardwalk Scene
Thomson/Koch: Prayer to St. Catherine
Beaser/O'Hara: I'm So Much More Me
Lieber/Stoller: Love Potion Number 9

January 9, 2011
LATIN LOVERS
SOLOISTS: Dina Kuznetsova, Elizabeth Caballero, Jennifer Aylmer, sopranos; Adriana Zabala, Vivica Genaux, mezzo-sopranos; Paul Appleby, Jeffrey Picón, tenors; Carlton Ford, Scott Hendricks, baritones; Ricardo Herrera, bass-baritone; Rupert Boyd, Oren Fader, guitar; Eric Roberts, Jim Baker, percussion; Steven Blier, pianist and arranger
Ginastera: Canción al arbol del olvido
Pixinguinha: Carinhoso
Lecuona: Como el arrullo de palmas
Somehano: Dime
Braga: Engenho novo!
Simons: La negra quirina
Grenet: Lamento cubano; Tú no sab inglé
Nazareth: Odeon
Gustavino: Viniendo de Chlecito
Gardel: Por una cabeza
López-Buchardo: Canción del carretero

January 16, 2011
FROM RAGS TO RICHES, I
SOLOISTS: Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; William Burden, tenor; Steven Blier, piano
Joplin: Pineapple Rag
Cook: My Lady Frog
Griffes: Evening Song
Ives: Tom Sails Away
Gershwin: O Gee! Oh Joy!
Blitzstein: Nickel Under the Foot; Stay in My Arms
Blake: Hit the Road
Weill: Thousands of Miles
Bernstein: Wrong Note Rag

January 23, 2011
FROM RAGS TO RICHES, II
SOLOISTS: Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; William Burden, tenor; Steven Blier, piano
Rodgers: Take the Moment
Monk: ‘Round Midnight
Sondheim: Ballad of Booth
Newman: Marie
Larson: Hosing the Furniture
Bolcom: New York Lights
DeBlasio: Walt Whitman in 1989
Krane: How Can I Keep From Singing

January 30, 2011
LORRAINE
SOLOISTS: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; Steven Blier, piano; Michael Barrett, piano
Weill: One Life to Live
Schumann: Himmel und Erde
Delage: Quatre poèmes hindous
Copland: Going to Heaven!
Burleigh: Deep River
Mahler: Urlicht
Turina: Farruca
Ravel: Vocalise-Habanera
Luna: De España vengo
Gordon: I'm Open All Night
Bolcom: How to Swing Those Obbligatos Around; Never More Will the Wind

February 6, 2011
FUGITIVES
SOLOISTS: Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Kaiser, tenor; Steven Blier, piano
Korngold: Sommer; My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun
Zemlinsky: Meeraugen
Tucholsky: Sleepless Lady
Weill: Lottery Agent's Tango; How Can You Tell an American?; Love Song; Wie lange noch?
Hollander: Black Market
Eisler: Peace Song; Der Graben
Jokl: Abendlied
Ullmann: Schoene Hand

February 13, 2011
PARIS AT NIGHT
SOLOISTS Frederica von Stade and Hélène Delavault, mezzo-sopranos; Kurt Ollmann, baritone; Steven Blier, piano and arranger; William Schimmel, accordion; Greg Utzig, guitar
Louiguy: La vie en rose
Guilbert: Partie carrée; La crinoline
Brel: La tendresse; Madeleine; Les paumés du petit matin
André/Poterat: Si j'étais une cigarette
Brown: Je cherche un millionnaire
Carcel: Le tango stupéfiant
Mireille: Fermé jusqu'à lundi
Porter: You Don't Know Paree
Trenet: L'âme des poètes ; Boum/Y a d'la joie
Monnot: Hymne à l'amour

February 20, 2011
ALL TOGETHER NOW
SOLOISTS: Jane Archibald and Leena Chopra, sopranos; Alexandra Montano and Christianne Rushton, mezzo-sopranos; Javier Abreu and William Ferguson, tenors; James Martin and Evan Rogister, baritones; Steven Blier, piano; Michael Barrett, piano
Jannequin: Les cris de Paris
Mendelssohn: Zigeunerlied
Montano: Bermuda Triangle
Holst: Song of the Blacksmith
Larson: Hey You
Hogan: Ezequiel Saw the Wheel
Hogan: Ain't That Good News
Taylor: I Wish I knew How It Feels to Be Free
Wilson/Usher: In My Room
Madsen/Greene: Trash
Bowles: The Garden Section from Picnic Cantata

February 27, 2011
POETS WITHOUT HEROES
SOLOISTS: Dina Kuznetsova, soprano; Nicolai Janitzky, baritone; Steven Blier, piano; Juliette Kang, violin; Thomas Kraines, cello; Kathleen Chalfant, narrator
Sviridov: I Left My Home Behind; Russia Cast Adrift; Song of the Final Meeting
Cui: Statue at Tsarskoye-Selo
Shostakovich: Storm; Secret Signs; Music
Rachmaninoff: The Little Island

March 6, 2011
LOST TRIBES OF VAUDEVILLE
SOLOISTS: Judy Kaye, mezzo-soprano; LaChanze, soprano; Anika Noni Rose, soprano; Bruce Adler, tenor; Darius de Haas, tenor; James Martin, baritone; Steven Blier, piano; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Greg Utzig, guitar
Muir: Play That Barbershop Chord
Jordan: Lovey Joe
Nelson/Pease/ Leonard: Josephine-a Please No Lean-a on the Bell
Yrain: My Man / My Sam
Ruby: The Sheik of Avenue B
Warshauer: Dinah
Kanapoff: Houtsasa
Nemo: Abi Gesint
Traditional: Ot Azoy
Secunda: Bei Mir Bist du Schoen

March 13, 2011
Kurt Weill'S BERLIN
SOLOISTS: Constance Hauman, soprano; Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano; Peter Kazaras, tenor; Greg Utzig, guitar and banjo; Steven Blier, piano and arranger
Hollaender: Wenn der alte Motor wieder tackt; Tritt mir bloss nicht auf der Schuh; Oh Just Suppose
Bienert: Augen in die Gross-Stadt; Parc Monceau; Song of Indifference
Weill: Shopgirls' Duet; Der Song von Mandelay; Nana's Lied; Berlin im Licht
Eisler: There's Nothing Quite Like Money

March 20, 2011
ROMANCE IN THE BELLE EPOQUE
SOLOISTS: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Ollmann, baritone; Steven Blier, piano