Statuesque

Mezzo & piano or chamber ensemble • 20’
Focuses on the subjects of five iconic sculptures, with each woman speaking in her own voice. Recorded by Angelika Kirchschlager and Maurice Lammerts van Bueren.

Jake Heggie • University of Kansas • 2005

Rise and Fall

Soprano & piano • 20’
Inspired by four museum pieces. Recorded by Leah Partridge and Jake Heggie.

Jake Heggie • university of connecticut • 2007

Friendly Persuasions

Tenor & piano or chamber ensemble • 17’
Inspired by four transformative friendships and meetings in Francis Poulenc’s life. Recorded by Eric Ferring and Madeline Slettedahl.

Jake Heggie • Wigmore Hall • 2008

A Question of Light

Baritone & piano • 20’
Based on artworks in the permanent collection of The Dallas Museum of Art. Recorded by Nathan Gunn and Jake Heggie.

Jake Heggie • the Dallas Opera & Dallas Museum of Art • 2011

Pieces of 9/11: Memories from Houston

Soprano, baritone, youth soprano & chamber ensemble • 30’
Based on interviews with Houstonians who generously shared their stories about the 9/11 attacks. Recorded by Talise Trevigne, Nathan Gunn, and Jake Heggie.

Jake Heggie • HOUSTON GRAND OPERA • 2011

For a Look or a Touch

Baritone & piano or chamber ensemble • 20’
Lyrics and texts based on entries from Manfred Lewin’s journal in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC; and on interviews from the film Paragraph 175, directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, copyright Reflective Image Inc. Recorded by Morgan Smith and Music of Remembrance.

Jake Heggie • MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE • 2011

Camille Claudel: Into the Fire

Mezzo & string quartet • 30’
Inspired by the life and work of the French sculptor Camille Claudel. Recorded by Joyce DiDonato and the Brentano String Quartet.

Jake Heggie • San Francisco Performances • 2012

Iconic Legacies

Mezzo & piano • 15’
Inspired by iconic objects in the Smithsonian with a particular connection to various former First Ladies of the United States. Recorded by Jamie Barton and Jake Heggie.

Jake Heggie • Vocal Arts DC • 2015

Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope

Mezzo, violin, youth violin & string quartet • 40’
Inspired, in part, by the book Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust - Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour by James A. Grymes, published by Harper Perennial. Recorded by Sasha Cooke and Daniel Hope.

Jake Heggie • Music at Kohl Mansion • 2020

The First Morning of the World

Mezzo & chamber orchestra • 8’
Imagines the sounds and the songs from the first morning of the world. Recorded by Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro.

Rachel Portman • Il Pomo d’Oro • 2022

The Cider House Rules

Tenor & symphony orchestra • 3’
A special arrangement of a song based on the main-title theme of the film by the same name, composed by the first woman to win an Oscar for scoring a film. Recorded by Jonas Kaufmann and Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

Rachel Portman • Czech National Symphony Orchestra • 2023

Another Eve

Mezzo & symphony orchestra • 25’
Each song in the cycle reflects a different impulse to embrace perspectives that emerge from the idea of Eden.

Rachel Portman • Il Pomo d’Oro • 2025

Earth: A Choral Symphony

Soprano, chorus, & symphony orchestra
Explores themes of truth and possibility, with each movement touching on a different aspect of the wonder of Earth and our place in its story.

Jake Heggie • Madison Symphony Orchestra • 2026