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DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU: To celebrate this master singer's 80th birthday, we produced two hour long programs sampling his vast Lieder recordings. First Program Second Program

ART SONG CONTEST SEMI-FINALISTS: You'll hear the recordings that these singers of Hawai'i submitted for the Tenth Annual Art Song Contest. We'll also supply some biographical details. See if you can guess which five are the Winners. Their names will be announced at the end of the program.

PAVAROTTI TRIBUTE: The passing of this tenor, whose infectious enthusiam for what he sang gave pleasure to a wide range of listeners, provides us with the excuse to dedicate a whole program to his performance of songs. You'll hear Caro Mio Ben, Schubert's Ave Maria, as well as the lively Italian songs that he loved to sing.

CLARA & ROBERT SCHUMANN: We created a song cycle out of the songs and duets of both Schumanns to trace their love, courtship, disagreements and finally, their wedding.

GÉRARD SOUZAY MEMORIAL TRIBUTE: Great Songs presented a chronological survey of the French baritone's recordings and ended in what amounts, in our opinion, to definitive performances.

BEETHOVEN IN LOVE: We have an image of Beethoven with a scowl on his face, but in truth, he must have been a loving person. A sampling of his love songs shows that he chose poetry of longing as well as established love.

ART SONGS FOR KIDS: Here's one of the most often requested programs, in which ten year old Heather Shohet co-hosts a program geared to children. Most of the songs are in English, but there's fun to be had in foreign languages too!

LEHMANN LITE: Known as one of the major interpreters of Lieder of the 20th Century, Lehmann also sang a wide variety of lighter fare. You'll hear her in songs of Vienna, pop Fox-Trots and Tangos of Germany as well as English and American songs.

INTERVIEW WITH HUGUES CUÉNOD: Speaking with us by phone from Switzerland, Mr. Cuénod, in his 99th year, recalls his career highlights. You’ll also hear this remarkable tenor in recordings of everything from Elizabethan lute songs through Schubert and Poulenc.

NED ROREM INTERVIEW AND SONGS: A telephone interview with the internationally recognized American composer Ned Rorem is balanced with a large number of his enjoyable songs performed by Susan Graham, Phyllis Curtin, Kurt Ollmann and others.

DAN WELCHER AND HIS SONGS: Though perhaps best known for orchestra and concerto works, Welcher has written many beautiful songs. You'll hear an interview with him and performances of his songs by Jan de Gaetani and Judith Kellock.

DANA HANCHARD: This young soprano, well known for her Baroque opera recordings, sings her own songs, Duke Ellington’s and South American songs with guitar from her recent album "Once Canciones" by Diego Lazuriaga. She joins Gary Hickling for an interview about her wide-ranging career.

JUDITH KELLOCK: This program includes an interview with this wonderful American soprano as well as her recent recordings.

JACQUES LEGUERNEY: One of the last in the line of refined French song writers, Leguerney is an unjustly neglected composer. Mary Dibbern, pianist, who has written a book on Leguerney and his songs, joins Gary Hickling to discuss his life and music. They sample his mélodie from Souzay's recordings in the 1950s to modern CDs of Kurt Ollmann and others, often with Mary herself as the pianist.

LOTTE LEHMANN VS. LOTTE LEHMANN: Each year, in celebration of Lehmann's birthday on 27 February 1888, Great Songs presents this intense and committed soprano in Lieder. This year, a comparison of Lieder recorded early in her career with those from the last decade.

SONGS OF THE 21st CENTURY: Gary Hickling and Joan Canfield focus on composers who have written songs (that have also been recorded!) in the 21st Century. The surprise is how conservative and relaxed many of them are!