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Jesse Blumberg

Metropolitan Opera star Marilyn Horne felt that vocal recitals were essential to her development as a singer, and she established a foundation in 1993 to give young singers the opportunity to bring the art of song to audiences throughout the land. As the finale of a four-day residency sponsored by the Marilyn Horne Foundation this week that includes visits to three local high schools, the widely acclaimed young baritone Jesse Blumberg will give a recital at Baird Recital Hall on the UB north campus. His accompanist Thomas Bagwell is currently on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music, and is one of today’s most active pianists in the field of song recital. The program will feature German lieder by Beethoven, Schumann (Kerner-Lieder, Op. 35) and songs by Erich Korngold. French songs by Poulenc, including the quirky Avant le Cinema, and an intriguing selection of recent American songs by John Musto (“Nude at the Piano”), William Bolcom (“Black Max”) as well as Tom Cipullo’s irresistibly titled “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House,” based on a Billy Collins poem, promise an evening of sheer delight.

Saturday, February 9 at 8pm. University at Buffalo Lippes Concert Hall

& Baird Recital Hall, UB North Campus, Amherst

(645-2921/slee.buffalo.edu). $20

Advanced tickets $12; senior citizens/UB faculty/staff/alumni $9; students $5. At door $20;senior citizens/UB faculty/staff/alumni;students $8.