No Exit May 2026: Songs, Soundscapes and Sonnets

No Exit will close their 2025-2026 season by delving into an array of dynamic and compelling works for voice and ensemble. Songs, Soundscapes and Sonnets will feature the extraordinary talents of soprano Anika Kildegaard (https://www.anikakildegaard.com/) and will include world premiere music by Robert Honstein along with pieces by Annika Socolofsky and Timothy Beyer.

 

No Exit May 2026 Program (Click for complete PDF)

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“Cycles by Robert Honstein and Annika Sokolofsky were vividly realized by soprano Anika Kildegaard and the No Exit ensemble”
-Daniel Hathaway, ClevelandClassical.com (June,2026)

 

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Program

Sonnets (2023/2026) “World Premiere”
Robert Honstein (b.1980)
I. Love, though for this you riddle me with darts
II. I think I should have loved you presently
III. I shall forget you presently, my dear
IV. Oh, my beloved, have you thought of this
V. If I should learn, in some quite casual way
VI. Only until this cigarette is ended
VII. Oh, think not I am faithful to a vow!
VIII. When I too long have looked upon your face

Intermission

Malekhamoves (2008)
Timothy Beyer (b.1970)

Don”t say a word (2022)
Annika Socolofsky (b.1990)
I. Don’t you cry
II. Don’t say a word
IV. Little boy blue
VII. Au clair de la lune
VIII. Shy one, sweet one

Review

June 11, 2026

No Exit closes season with “Songs, Soundscapes and Sonnets”
by Daniel Hathaway, ClevelandClassical.com