On Sunday, November 24 at 3 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, performance faculty from the Princeton University Department of Music comprising the Richardson Chamber Players will present “Songs With/out Words,” a program of songs with and without words written by female composers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano by lieder composer Josephine Lang, and for mezzo-soprano and mixed chamber ensemble by Dame Ethel Smyth, bookend the program. Included are works for string quartet, solo piano, and flute, viola, and harp that reference American, Jamaican, and European song and poetry in between. In addition to Lang and Smyth, the program includes music by Florence Price, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and Eleanor Alberga.

Performers are John Ferrari, percussion; Francine Kay, piano; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp; Kelly Kim ‘26, violin; Anna Lim, violin; Alberto Parrini, cello; Barbara Rearick, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Shin, flute; and Jessica Thompson, viola.

“We are always excited to hear the Richardson Chamber Players — both the talent of Princeton University’s Music Department faculty and their thoughtful programming,” said PUC Director Marna Seltzer. “Their programs tend to open our ears to lesser-heard compositions performed in unique configurations. It is thrilling to be able to hear these works all on the same program.”
Tickets are still available and are $15 general/$5 student. Visit puc.princeton.edu.