Middle Ground Music from the middle register features Johannes Brahms’ Two Songs, Op. 91, Gestillte Sehnsucht and Geistliches Wiegenlied for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano, Leonard Bernstein’s songs from Candide, arranged for viola and piano, Charles Loeffler’s lush Quatre Poems for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano, Belinda Reynold’s hauntingly beautiful Share for alto flute and piano, Missy Mazzoli’s Tooth & Nail for amplified viola and pre-recorded electronics, and Maurice Durufle’s Prélude, récitatif et variations for flute, viola and piano. Jacqueline Zander-Wall, mezzo-soprano | John Graham, viola | Nancy Laupheimer, flute | Debra Ayers, piano