American Songbook | Thomas Hampson

Baritone Thomas Hampson – since 2026 head of the Vocal Academy – invites you on a musical journey through America in the first half of the 20th century. There, a fascinating sound world unfolds between classical music and jazz, shaped by great musical personalities. Hampson interprets this repertoire with incomparable authority and stylistic finesse. With his Hampsong Foundation, founded in 2003, he is also passionately committed to the classical song as a cultural bridge between people and generations. And since the USA will celebrate its 250th anniversary of independence in 2026, there is all the more reason to celebrate the musical and cultural diversity of this country!

Thomas Hampson, baritone

Jacques Ammon, piano

Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

“Blue Skies”

Harold Arlen (1905-1986)

“Over the Rainbow”

Jerome Kern (1885–1945)

“All the Things You Are”

Cole Porter (1891–1964)

“Night and Day”

“I Concentrate on You”

“Who Said Gay Paree?”

“Two Little Babes in the Woods”

George Gershwin (1898–1937)

“Love Walked In”

“Embraceable You”

“Fascinating Rhythm”

Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)

“Some Enchanted Evening”

Michel Legrand (1932–2019)

“What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?”

Kurt Weill (1900–1950)

“It Never Was You”

“Mack the Knife”

80'