2006
A Heartland Portrait
Composed by 
Stephen Paulus
Stephen Paulus Text by 
Ted Kooser
Ted Kooser Song Collection
A Heartland Portrait: Five Songs for Baritone and Piano is a song cycle by Stephen Paulus setting five poems of Ted Kooser.
A Heartland Portrait was commissioned Jack and Linda Hoeschler and is dedicated to Thomas Hampson. The song cycle was premiered in St. Paul, Minnesota by Thomas Hampson, baritone, and Wolfram Rieger, pianist, on Jan. 17, 2006 in conjunction with The Schubert Club and the Library of Congress.
The sheet music is self-published and available through the composer's website.
Songs
Flying at Night2006 · A Heartland PortraitStephen PaulusTed KooserAt Midnight2006 · A Heartland PortraitStephen PaulusTed KooserAn August Night2006 · A Heartland PortraitStephen PaulusTed KooserPorch Swing in September2006 · A Heartland PortraitStephen PaulusTed KooserA Summer Night2006 · A Heartland PortraitStephen PaulusTed Kooser
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