Seekers: Dawn Upshaw joins longtime friend and collaborator pianist Gil Kalish this week for songs that illuminate the expansive range of this cherished American soprano.

Few singers of any time combine Ms. Upshaw’s rare vocal limpidity and command with such a searching contemporary awareness. On this week's Saint Paul Sunday, the duo brings us music of Schubert, Mahler, Debussy, and Bartók, as well as two American composers -- William Bolcom and John Harbison -- whose works Ms. Upshaw has long championed. Listen in for a truly special hour.

Music featured on this program:

Franz Schubert: Im Fruhling, No. 70

Gustav Mahler: Two Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grunen Wald

Lob des hohen Verstands

Claude-Achille Debussy: Trois Chansons de Bilitis

La Flute de Pan

La chevelure

Le Tombeau des Naiades

Bela Bartok: Hungarian Folksong Settings. Op. 64 and Op. 92

   Fekete fod (Black is the Earth), Op. 64, No. 1

   Hatforintos nota (Six-florin dance), Op. 92, No. 8

   Eddig valo dolgom (Up to now my work), Op. 64, No. 7

John Harbison: from Mirabai Songs

   Why Mira Can't Go Back to Her Old House

   Where Did You Go?

William Bolcom: Tow songs from Cabaret Songs, Volume I

   Song of Black Max (Vol 1, No. 5)

   Waitin' (Vol. 1, No. 4)