And If The Song Be Worth A Smile features works by the great American composers William Bolcom, Gordon Getty, Jake Heggie, David Garner, John Corigliano, and Luna Pearl Woolf. This recital of seventeen songs, ranging from cabaret and blues to art song and modern folksong arrangements, are performed by soprano Lisa Delan and pianist Kristin Pankonin, with additional performances by cellist Matt Haimovitz and mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer.
“Soprano Lisa Delan and friends offer here a rich and varied sampling of this abundance of fine songs by living Americans, many based in the San Francisco Bay Area, including works written especially for her in a process of close artistic collaboration. (All of these songs, with the exception of those by William Bolcom and Jake Heggie, are recorded here for the first time.)” -Clifford Cranna, program notes for And If The Song Be Worth A Smile, 2008
